Polysyndeton

Quick meaning: Polysyndeton is a noun meaning (rhetoric) The use of many conjunctions to achieve an overwhelming effect in a sentence.

Meaning

(rhetoric) The use of many conjunctions to achieve an overwhelming effect in a sentence.

Example Sentences

In Polysyndeton conjunctions flow, And every word its copulative will shew.

[Hemingway] often employs a variety of polysyndeton—a frequent use of conjunctions, most notably “and”—linking elements in a sentence together in a way that implies all parts are of equal importance, while in fact one unit of the series may be much more significant than the others.

Word Forms

• polysyndetons
• polysyndeta

Antonyms for polysyndeton

Common opposites include asyndeton.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include syndeton, syndesis, syntheton, asyndesis, syndeticity, synchysis.

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