hypotaxis

noun

hy·​po·​tax·​is ˌhī-pə-ˈtak-səs 

: syntactic subordination (as by a conjunction)

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek, subjection, from hypotassein to arrange under, from hypo- + tassein to arrange

First Known Use

1883, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for hypotaxis

• chemotaxis
• epistaxis
• prophylaxis
• anaphylaxis
• axis
• praxis
• taxus
• chemoprophylaxis