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Periphrasis Moderate

Periphrasis has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things

2

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".

See Also
periphrastic expression periphrastically long periphrase periphrases tense short
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
verboseness
Rhyming Words
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