Usually means: Lack of connection between ideas.
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  1. asyndesis: Merriam-Webster
  2. asyndesis: Wiktionary
  3. asyndesis: Dictionary.com
  4. Asyndesis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. asyndesis: Merriam-Webster

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  3. asyndesis: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (asyndesis)

noun:  (psychology) A pattern of spoken or written discourse demonstrating inability or diminished capacity to connect ideas.
noun:  (grammar, rhetoric) Synonym of asyndeton: lack or omission of conjunctions, especially for rhetorical effect.

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