anacoluthon

Noun

Meaning

A want of grammatical sequence or coherence in a sentence; an instance of a change of construction in a sentence so that the latter part does not syntactically correspond with the first part.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

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Hypernyms

rhetorical device

Related terms

non sequitur

Derivatives

anacolutha

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