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Circumlocution

nounid 33927·updated May 18, 2026
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a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things

polysemous

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Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

Sensitivity

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Information Class

unclassified

Variants

synonym
ambageindirect expressionperiphrasis
plural
Circumlocutions
possessive
Circumlocution's
pluralpossessive
Circumlocutions'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
an indirect way of expressing something
§2
a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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