Definitions

1. noun

A rhetorical device in which items are listed or presented without conjunctions, such as ‘I have no money, no car, no home’.

“The poet’s use of asyndeton added a sense of urgency to the poem.”

2. noun

A grammatical term for the absence of conjunctions in a sentence or list.

“The linguist studied the asyndeton in ancient Greek poetry.”

3. verb

To use asyndeton in speech or writing.

“The orator asyndetonically listed the reasons for his proposal.”