# catataxis

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A confusion between hierarchical levels; a two-way dependency relation, such as that between a subject and a finite verb.

## Etymology
From Ancient Greek κατάταξις (katátaxis, “ordering, arranging”).

## Source
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