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Noun Concept
Categories: Linguistic morphology
EN
circumlocution  periphrasis  ambage  verbal periphrasis  Periphrase
EN
A style that involves indirect ways of expressing things WordNet 3.0
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A style that involves indirect ways of expressing things WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
In linguistics and literature, periphrasis is the use of a larger number of words, with an implicit comparison to the possibility of using fewer. Wikipedia
Ambiguity; circumlocution. Wiktionary
IS A
verboseness
circumlocution
PART OF
morphology
HAS KIND
circumlocution
periphrasis
FR
passé récent
near future
DERIVATION
circumlocutious
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
EN
circumlocution, periphrasis, ambage
Wikipedia
EN
periphrasis
Wikidata
EN
periphrasis, verbal periphrasis
Wiktionary
EN
ambage
Wikipedia Redirections
EN
Periphrase, Periphrased, Periphrases, Periphrasing, periphrastic, Periphrastic phrase
Wikidata Alias
EN
periphrastic verb, periphrastic verbal construction

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