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paratactic
adjective
language specializeduk /ˌpær.əˈtæk.tɪk/ us /ˌper.əˈtæk.tɪk/(alsoparatactical)
relating to or using parataxis(= two clauses or phrases without a conjunction (= connecting word) between them to show their relationship):
Chinese is comparatively paratactic.
The example, "I came, I saw, I conquered," is a paratactic construction.
The short paratactical main clauses answer the opening conditional clause.
The paratactic sentence structure suggests that patriotism and romance are parallel but not synonymous.
We have seen how much of the poem's meaning is created by its paratactic structure.
The language in the passage is uncharacteristically rambling, and its paratactic style is unusual.
The translation uses paratactical structures to recreate the conversational tone of the French original.
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