# asyndesis

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A pattern of spoken or written discourse demonstrating inability or diminished capacity to connect ideas.
2. Synonym of asyndeton: lack or omission of conjunctions, especially for rhetorical effect.

## Etymology
From Latin asyndesis, from Ancient Greek ἀσύνδεσις (asúndesis), from ἀ- (a-, “a-, un-: without”) + σύνδεσις (súndesis, “binding, joining”), from συνδεῖν (sundeîn, “to join, to bind”) + -σῐς (-sĭs, “-sis: forming nouns”), from σῠν- (sŭn-, “together”) + δεῖν (deîn, “to bind, to tie”). Equivalent to a- + syn- + -desis or a- + syndesis.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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