PERIPHRASIS
- The use of indirect and circumlocutory speech or writing
- An indirect and circumlocutory phrase
- The use of separate words to express a grammatical relationship that is otherwise expressed by inflection, e.g., did go as opposed to went and more intelligent as opposed to smarter
- use of a longer phrasing in place of a possible shorter form of expression.
- the use of longer phrasing in place of a shorter form of expression [n PERIPHRASES]
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