Periphrasis

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  • noun. The use of circumlocution.
  • noun. A circumlocution.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A roundabout way of speaking; a roundabout phrase or expression; the use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a phrase employed to avoid a common and trite manner of expression; circumlocution.
  • noun. Synonyms Circumlocution, etc. See pleonasm.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. See periphrase.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one with a similar meaning, for example "I am going to" instead of "I will".
  • noun. Expressing a grammatical meaning (such as a tense) using a syntactic construction rather than morphological marking.
  • noun. The substitution of a descriptive word or phrase for a proper name (a species of circumlocution)
  • noun. The use of a proper name as a shorthand to stand for qualities associated with it.
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  • noun. a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
    • Word Usage
    "The distinction had to be explained with much periphrasis, because the Arabic word 'Câtil' means a slayer, and is given indiscriminately to all who kill."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    verboseness  verbosity  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    alliteration  bloopers  business  churchmanship  day-labourer  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    beat around the bush  circumlocution  
    variant
    periphrase  periphrases  
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