HyperDic: circumlocution

English > 2 senses of the word circumlocution:
NOUNcommunicationcircumlocution, periphrasis, ambagea style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
communicationcircumlocution, indirect expressionan indirect way of expressing something
English > circumlocution: 2 senses > noun 1, communication
MeaningA style that involves indirect ways of expressing things.
Synonymsperiphrasis, ambage
Broaderverboseness, verbosityAn expressive style that uses excessive or empty words
Spanishambage, circunlocución, perífrasis
Catalancircumlocució, circumloqui, perífrasi, perífrasis
Adjectivescircumlocutiousroundabout and unnecessarily wordy
English > circumlocution: 2 senses > noun 2, communication
MeaningAn indirect way of expressing something.
Synonymindirect expression
Broaderevasion, equivocationA statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
Spanishcircunlocución, circunloquio
Catalancircumlocució, circumloqui
Adjectivescircumlocutiousroundabout and unnecessarily wordy

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