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hypotaxis

noun
hy·​po·​tax·​is | \ ËŒhÄ«-pÉ™-ˈtak-sÉ™s How to pronounce hypotaxis (audio) \

Definition of hypotaxis

: syntactic subordination (as by a conjunction)

First Known Use of hypotaxis

1883, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for hypotaxis

New Latin, from Greek, subjection, from hypotassein to arrange under, from hypo- + tassein to arrange

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