Thesaurus results for LEGALESE

legalese

noun

Definition of legalese

as in bureaucratese

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Recent Examples of legalese The telehealth company itself is, in legalese, only a management service organization. — Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 2 June 2026 On Wednesday, a three-judge panel gave the FCC 30 days to respond to that effort, known in legalese as a writ of mandamus. — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 20 May 2026 Certainly, the league could make good on its contractual deterrent—legalese that gives the Shield the right to end its 66-year relationship with CBS within a two-year window after the PSKY closing date. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 1 May 2026 To use words in ways that are unexpected or surprising, to repurpose some of the legalese that has been weaponized against my characters. — Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for legalese

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Noun

Details of new initiatives were bogged down by mind-numbing bureaucratese.

— Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 11 Apr. 2023
The most striking aspect of Putin’s failure to accept responsibility for the Kursk disaster was his retreat into bureaucratese.

— Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2020

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Noun

The overly earnest character speaks in a hilariously cringey Gen Z self-help psychobabble that continuously grates on Enrique’s nerves.

— Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2025
Sometimes, such content might be portrayed as being valid psychological science versus non-sensical psychobabble.

— Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025