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Polysyndeton

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Noun

1. polysyndeton

using several conjunctions in close succession, especially where some might be omitted (as in he ran and jumped and laughed for joy')

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Polysyndeton

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noun
1. rhetoric
the use of several conjunctions in close succession, esp where some might be omitted, as in he ran and jumped and laughed for joy
2. Also called: syndesis grammar
a sentence containing more than two coordinate clauses

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Polysyndeton

see synonyms of polysyndeton
noun
Rhetoric
the use or repetition of conjunctions in close succession

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Polysyndeton

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n.
The repetition of conjunctions in close succession for rhetorical effect, as in the phrase here and there and everywhere.

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