anataxis en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌanəˈtaksɪs/ (UK)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˌænəˈtæksəs/ (US)
Etymology
From ana- (“again”) + taxis (“arrangment of parts”), by analogy with syntaxis. There appears to be no relation to Ancient Greek ἀνάταξις (anátaxis, “financial estimate, assessment”).
Meanings
- (uncountable) difference in ordering between consecutive syntactic layers