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Definition of Parataxis
1. n. The mere ranging of propositions one after another, without indicating their connection or interdependence; -- opposed to syntax.
Definition of Parataxis
1. Noun. (grammar) Speech or writing in which clauses or phrases are placed together without being separated by conjunctions, for example "I came; I saw; I conquered". ¹
2. Noun. (literature) The juxtaposition of two images or fragments, usually starkly dissimilar, without a clear connection ¹
3. Noun. (politics) In Greek political system: coalition, "partisan camp" ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Parataxis
1. [n -TAXES]
Medical Definition of Parataxis
1. The psychological state or repository of attitudes, ideas, and experiences accumulated during personality development that are not effectively assimilated or integrated into the growing mass and residue of the other attitudes, ideas, and experiences of an individual's personality. Synonym: parataxia. Origin: para-+ G. Taxis, orderly arrangement (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Parataxis
Literary usage of Parataxis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On Principles and Methods in Latin Syntax by Edward Parmelee Morris (1901)
"VI parataxis THE term parataxis l was introduced into scientific ... If definitions
of parataxis have necessarily expressed different views of the subject, ..."
2. Syntax of Early Latin by Charles Edwin Bennett (1910)
"In a narrower sense the name ' parataxis ' is applied to those specimens of
paratactic structure which ultimately develop in the history of a given language ..."
3. Critique of Some Recent Subjunctive Theories by Charles Edwin Bennett (1898)
"A. parataxis. In the American Journal of Philology, vol. xviii. (1897), Nos.
71, 72, 73, Morris subjects to careful scrutiny all the independent ..."
4. Cornell Studies in Classical Philology by Cornell University (1901)
"parataxis. This term which has played so large a role in many treatises on the
Latin subjunctive mood, is even yet, in spite of abundant discussion, ..."
5. A Greek Grammar for Colleges by Herbert Weir Smyth (1920)
"Thucydides is especially fond of raí or TÍ to coordinate two ideas, one of which
is subordinate to the other. 2170. parataxis often ..."
6. Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association by American philological association (1898)
"Respectfully submitted, TD SEYMOUR, Chairman. The report was accepted and the
Committee continued. 26. Complementary and Supplementary Defining parataxis, ..."
7. The Subjunctive Substantive Clauses in Plautus: Not Including Indirect Questions by Charles Love Durham (1901)
"parataxis. This term which has played so large a r61e in many treatises on the
Latin subjunctive mood, is even yet, in spite of abundant discussion, ..."
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