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Parataxis is a literary technique, in writing or speaking, that favors short, simple phrases, often without the use of conjunctions.
Parataxis or paratactic may also refer to:
- Parataxis (politics), a term used in Greek politics
- Paratactic lines, equidistant lines in elliptic geometry
- Parataxis (military formation), devised by Alexios I Komnenos