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Definition of Periphrasis
1. Noun. A style that involves indirect ways of expressing things.
Exact synonyms: Ambage, Circumlocution
Generic synonyms: Verboseness, Verbosity
Derivative terms: Ambagious, Circumlocutious, Periphrastic
Generic synonyms: Verboseness, Verbosity
Derivative terms: Ambagious, Circumlocutious, Periphrastic
Definition of Periphrasis
1. n. See Periphrase.
Definition of Periphrasis
1. 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". ¹
2. Noun. (linguistics) Expressing a grammatical meaning (such as a tense) using a syntactic construction rather than morphological marking. ¹
3. Noun. (rhetoric) The substitution of a descriptive word or phrase for a proper name (a species of circumlocution) ¹
4. Noun. (rhetoric) The use of a proper name as a shorthand to stand for qualities associated with it. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Periphrasis
1. [n -PHRASES]
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