n. The juxtaposition of clauses or phrases without the use of coordinating or subordinating conjunctions, as It was cold; the snows came. [Greek, a placing side by side, from paratassein, to arrange side by side : para-, beside; see PARA-1 + tassein, tag-, to arrange.] par′a·tactic (-tăktĭk), par′a·tacti·cal (-tĭ-kəl) adj. par′a·tacti·cal·ly adv. |
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