Usually means: Restatement of text in simplification.
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  1. paraphrasis: Merriam-Webster
  2. paraphrasis: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. paraphrasis: Vocabulary.com
  4. Paraphrasis, paraphrasis: Wordnik
  5. paraphrasis: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. paraphrasis: Dictionary.com
  7. Paraphrasis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. paraphrasis: Rhymezone
  9. paraphrasis: FreeDictionary.org
  10. paraphrasis: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. paraphrasis: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. paraphrasis: Wiktionary

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  1. paraphrasis: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (paraphrasis)

▸ noun:  The practice of paraphrasing.

Similar:
paraphrase, paraphrast, metaphrasis, periphrasis, metaphrase, metaphrast, parathesis, metaphorization, preterition, periphrase, more...

Opposite:
quotation, verbatim, direct speech, exact wording

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Similar:
paraphrase, paraphrast, metaphrasis, periphrasis, metaphrase, metaphrast, parathesis, metaphorization, preterition, periphrase, more...

Opposite:
quotation, verbatim, direct speech, exact wording



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