Definitions from Wiktionary (periphrasis)
▸ noun: The use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one with a similar meaning, for example "I am going to" instead of "I will".
▸ noun: (linguistics) Expressing a grammatical meaning (such as a tense) using a syntactic construction rather than morphological marking.
▸ noun: (rhetoric) The substitution of a descriptive word or phrase for a proper name (a type of circumlocution).
▸ noun: (rhetoric) The use of a proper name as a shorthand to stand for qualities associated with it.
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▸ noun: The use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one with a similar meaning, for example "I am going to" instead of "I will".
▸ noun: (linguistics) Expressing a grammatical meaning (such as a tense) using a syntactic construction rather than morphological marking.
▸ noun: (rhetoric) The substitution of a descriptive word or phrase for a proper name (a type of circumlocution).
▸ noun: (rhetoric) The use of a proper name as a shorthand to stand for qualities associated with it.
Similar:
circumlocution,
periphrase,
antiphrasis,
ampliatio,
antiphrase,
epiphrasis,
paralepsis,
paraphrasia,
monophrasis,
proverbial,
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