What is "periphrasis" in English? Definition and Explanations
What does periphrasis mean in English? Meaning of periphrasis definition and abbreviation with examples.
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What is "periphrasis" in English? Definition and Explanations
Meaning of "periphrasis": a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
Noun
Synonyms:
euphemism, diffuseness, wordiness, roundabout, prolixity, pleonasm, verbiage, indirectness, tautology, discursiveness, beating around the bush, circumambages, gassiness, periphrase, verbal evasion, verbality, redundancy, verbosity, circumlocution, loquacity, prolixity, pleonasm, floridity, tautology, long-windedness, expansiveness, periphrase, diffusion, redundancy, garrulity, diffuseness, verbosity, circumlocution, fecundity, verbiage, loquacity, prolixity, pleonasm, officialese, tautology, logorrhea, loquaciousness, catalogic, macrology, verbality, verbigeration, verbomania, attrition, profusion, overabundance, superabundance, verbosity, circumlocution, superfluity, verboseness, verbiage, prolixity, pleonasm, supererogation, tautology, copiosity, macrology,
Antonyms:
conciseness, directness, straightforwardness, terseness, conciseness, conciseness, directness, straightforwardness, terseness, lack, conciseness,
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