parataxis.

The arrangement of clauses or phrases beside one another without making one grammatically subordinate to another.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• paratactic prose
• a passage of parataxis

On the page

Parataxis kept the account close to what the witness noticed in each moment.

The paratactic prose moved from fact to fact without explaining which mattered most.

Usage notes

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