hypotaxis.

The arrangement of clauses or phrases in relationships of grammatical subordination.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• hypotactic prose
• a hypotactic sentence

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Hypotaxis let her qualify the claim without adding a separate warning sentence.

The hypotactic sentence traced the decision through causes the speaker had tried to hide.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary. Forms: Usually uncountable; plural hypotaxes for distinct arrangements. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.