para-tactical

noun Grammar.

the placing together of sentences, clauses, or phrases without a conjunctive word or words, as Hurry up, it is getting late! I came—I saw—I conquered.

Compare hypotaxis.

Origin:
1835–45; < Neo-Latin < Greek parátaxis an arranging in order for battle. See para-¹, -taxis

Related forms

par·a·tac·tic

[par-uh-tak-tik] , par·a·tac·ti·cal, adjective

par·a·tac·ti·cal·ly, adverb

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parataxis (ˌpærəˈtæksɪs)

—n
	the juxtaposition of clauses in a sentence without the use of a conjunction, as for example None of my friends stayed — they all left early

[C19: New Latin from Greek, from paratassein, literally: to arrange side by side, from para-¹ + tassein to arrange]

paratactic

—*adj*

para'tactically

—*adv*

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