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English noun: circumlocution

1. circumlocution (communication) a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things


Synonymsambage, periphrasis


Broader (hypernym)verboseness, verbosity

2. circumlocution (communication) an indirect way of expressing something


Synonymsindirect expression


Broader (hypernym)equivocation, evasion









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