Definition of parataxis
: the placing of clauses or phrases one after another without coordinating or subordinating connectives
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Origin and Etymology of parataxis
New Latin, from Greek, act of placing side by side, from paratassein to place side by side, from para- + tassein to arrange
First Known Use: circa 1842
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