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adver′sative asyn′deton, [Rhet.]
  1. Rhetorica staccato effect produced by omitting adversative connectives from between two or more items forming a group, as in "I liked all there was to buy in the store … I didn't get anything.'' Cf. copulative asyndeton.

'adversative asyndeton' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
copulative asyndeton

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