Syntheton

//ˈsɪnθətɒn// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A set phrase linking two or more non-synonymous words by conjunction. rhetoric

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σύνθετον (súntheton), from συντίθημι (suntíthēmi, “to put together”).

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