paratactic

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adjective

Pertaining to or using parataxis.

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Meanings

adjectiveparatactic (comparative more paratactic, superlative most paratactic)

comparative more paratactic · superlative most paratactic

  1. Pertaining to or using parataxis.

    BARR (Tonight and tomorrow night) Over bare stutters of piano and drums, Brendan Fowler of Barr lets loose an endlessly self-regarding logorrhea, questioning his every thought and instinct in a naked, paratactic melancholy.

    2007 February 16, The New York Times, “Pop and Rock Listings”, in New York Times
  2. geometryOf two lines in elliptic geometry: such that the perpendicular distance between them is constant from point to point.

Synonyms & antonyms

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APA

paratactic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paratactic

MLA

“paratactic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paratactic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “paratactic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/paratactic.

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