connective
n. countablen. a word or phrase that joins parts of a sentence or different sentences together. You use these to help your writing flow smoothly and show how ideas are linked.
n. a word or phrase that links clauses, sentences, or paragraphs together. Often used to indicate logical relationships such as addition, contrast, or cause and effect.
Words like 'however' and 'because' are common connectives.
Using a logical connective at the start of a paragraph helps the reader follow your argument more easily.
The student's essay was technically accurate but lacked cohesion because she failed to use appropriate connectives to bridge the gap between her primary and secondary arguments.
For connexive, borrowed from Latin connexīvus. Displacement of x by ct in Latin loanwords is very common. Compare connect, connectivum, connection.
Typically used in grammatical contexts to describe conjunctions and conjunctive adverbs.