synthetonic

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adjective

Pertaining to hendiadys in which the conjoined terms are synonyms.

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Meanings

adjectivesynthetonic (not comparable)
  1. not comparablePertaining to hendiadys in which the conjoined terms are synonyms.

    Syntactically, hendiadic constructions differ from synthetonic sequences in that the latter are separate clauses, and hence are separately negatable and may have different tenses and aspects and different subjects.

    2002, Joan L. Bybee, Michael Noonan, Complex Sentences in Grammar and Discourse, page 152
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