Associations to the word «Parataxis»

Wiktionary

PARATAXIS, noun. (grammar) Speech or writing in which clauses or phrases are placed together without being separated by conjunctions, for example "I came; I saw; I conquered".
PARATAXIS, noun. (literature) The juxtaposition of two images or fragments, usually starkly dissimilar, without a clear connection.
PARATAXIS, noun. (historical) (politics) A coalition or "partisan camp" in the Ancient Greek political system.

Wise words

The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
Hippocrates