Circumlocutions

Synonyms for "circumlocutions" (9 found)

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Noun(2 words)

descriptive paraphrasediplomatic phrasing

Noun(3 words)

Noun(4 words)

roundabout descriptionsoftened phrasingverbosity wordiness

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4 relation types

2 entries

linguistic devicerhetorical device

7 entries

diplomatic phrasinggrandiloquenceredundant elaborationroundabout phrasingsoftened statementvague assertionwordy expression

6 entries

evasive rhetoricgrandiloquenceperiphrastic expressionroundabout phrasingverbal redundancywordiness

2 entries