Related Words for circumlocution

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WordSyllablesCategories
phraseology
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Noun
obfuscation
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Noun
subterfuge
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Noun
mystification
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Noun
euphemism
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Noun
pedantry
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Noun
sophistry
x/x
Noun
tautology
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Noun
casuistry
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Noun
equivocation
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Noun
locution
x/x
Noun
colloquial
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Noun
allusion
x/x
Noun
wordplay
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Noun
jargon
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Noun
rhetorical
x/xx
Adjective
indirection
xx/x
Noun
eloquence
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Noun
tautological
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Adjective
verbiage
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Noun
chicanery
x/xx
Noun
condescension
xx/x
Noun
affectation
xx/x
Noun
misdirection
xx/x
Noun
dissembling
x/x
Noun
dissimulation
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Noun
punning
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Noun
vagueness
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Noun
evasion
x/x
Noun
ambiguity
xx/xx
Noun
phrasing
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Noun
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective
contrivance
x/x
Noun
politeness
x/x
Noun
idiom
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Noun
recondite
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Adjective
interjection
xx/x
Noun
reduplication
x/x/x
Noun
superfluity
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Noun
artifice
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Noun
syntactical
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Adjective
dialectic
xx/x
Noun
metaphor
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Noun
ellipsis
x/x
Noun
reticence
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Noun
truncation
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Noun
paradox
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Noun
figure of speech
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Phrase, Noun
façon de parler
xxxxx
Phrase, Noun
english
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Name
conceit
x/
Noun
equivocal
x/xx
Adjective
paraphrase
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Noun
hesitation
xx/x
Noun
concealment
x/x
Noun
clumsy
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Adjective
cumbersome
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Adjective
needless
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Adjective
tedious
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Adjective
awkward
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Adjective
train
/
Noun
repetition
xx/x
Noun
tape
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Noun
delay
x/
Noun
unnecessary
x/xxx
Adjective
resort
x/
Verb
avoids
x/
Verb
elaborate
x/x
Adjective
deal
/
Noun
sentence
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Noun
lengthy
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Adjective
apologies
x/xx
Noun
caution
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Noun, Verb
expression
x/x
Noun
finesse
x/
Noun, Verb
formalities
x/xx
Verb
obeisance
x/x
Noun
preamble
x/x
Noun, Verb
precaution
x/x
Noun, Verb
preliminaries
x/xxx
Noun
procrastination
xxx/x
Noun
literally
/xxx
Adverb
milestone
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Noun, Verb
tell
/
Verb, Noun
sorta
/x
Adverb
collocation
xx/x
Noun
no
/
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
chunk
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Noun, Verb
vernacular
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Noun, Adjective
cluster
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Noun, Verb
standard
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Adjective, Noun
dialect
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Noun