CIRCUMLOCUTION
- Circumlocution refers to the use of many words to say something that could be said more clearly and directly with fewer words. Usually encountered in formal speech and writing, circumlocution can also refer to speech that is intentionally evasive.
- an overly complicated means of expression [n -S]
- The use of many words where fewer would do, esp. in a deliberate attempt to be vague or evasive
- the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea.
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