One Name for Refraining from Conjunctions Is Asyndeton

One name for refraining from conjunctions is asyndeton. Often whole clauses are juxtaposed in this somewhat noncommittal way. Fully independent, they are not attached to one another, they touch but are not connected.

—Virginia Tufte

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