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Noun: anacoluthon (anacolutha)  `a-nu-ku'loo-thón
  1. An abrupt change within a sentence from one syntactic structure to another
    - anacoluthia

Derived forms: anacolutha

See also: anacoluthic

Type of: rhetorical device

Encyclopedia: Anacoluthon

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