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Definition of: polysyndeton
(pol′i·sin′də·ton) noun
Repetition of connectives or conjunctions for rhetorical effect, as, “east and west and south and north”: distinguished from asyndeton. [<NL <Gk. poly- much + syndetos bound together <syndeein <syn- together + deein bind]
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