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

Abuse of words has been the great instrument of sophistry and chicanery, of party, faction, and division of society.
John Adams