circumlocution

n.绕圈的话语,

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
circumlocution (noun)
1.
the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea
2.
evasion in speech
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
circumlocution (noun)
1.
deliberate evasion in speech
SYNONYMS:
equivocation, shuffle, tergiversation
RELATED WORDS:
quibbling; ambiguity, ambiguousness, equivocalness, murkiness, nebulousness, obscureness, obscurity, opacity
NEAR ANTONYMS:
candor, directness, forthrightness, frankness, openheartedness, openness, plainness, plumpness, straightforwardness
circumlocution (noun)
2.
the use of too many words to express an idea
SYNONYMS:
circumlocution, diffuseness, diffusion, garrulity, garrulousness, logorrhea, long-windedness, periphrasis, prolixity, redundancy, verbalism, verboseness, verbosity, windiness, wordage, wordiness
RELATED WORDS:
circuitousness, circularity, digressiveness; pleonasm, tautology; reiteration, repetition, repetitiousness, repetitiveness; embellishment, embroidering, exaggeration, hyperbole, overstatement
NEAR ANTONYMS:
brevity, briefness, compactness, conciseness, concision, crispness, pithiness, succinctness, terseness
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