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"Hendiadys" Definition

noun

A figure of speech in which two words connected by a conjunction are used to express a single notion that would normally be expressed by an adjective and a substantive, such as grace and favor instead of gracious favor.
The expression of an idea by the use of usually two independent words connected by (as ) instead of the usual combination of independent word and its modifier (as ).

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