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verbalism

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1 an act, process, or means of putting something into words

the meticulous verbalism of the senator's prepared statement suggests that she knew that it would spark controversy

Synonyms of verbalism

articulation, expression, formulation, phrasing, statement, utterance, voice, wording

Words Related to verbalism

observation, reflection, remark, thought

2 the use of too many words to express an idea

prose that is lean, uncluttered, and utterly devoid of any trace of verbalism

Synonyms of verbalism

circumlocution, diffuseness, diffusion, garrulity, garrulousness, logorrhea, long-windedness, periphrasis, prolixity, redundancy, verbiage, verboseness, verbosity, windiness, wordage, wordiness

Words Related to verbalism

circuitousness, circularity, digressiveness

pleonasm, tautology

reiteration, repetition, repetitiousness, repetitiveness

embellishment, embroidering, exaggeration, hyperbole, overstatement

Near Antonyms of verbalism

brevity, briefness, compactness, conciseness, concision, crispness, pithiness, succinctness, terseness

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