as in diffusion
the use of too many words to express an idea
I was bored by the diffuseness of the Victorian novel I was trying to read
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Noun
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President Wants ‘Fair Deals’ With Other Countries—But Unlikely Before Midnight Deadline Google’s Android Update—Bad News For Samsung And Pixel Users How does diffusion work?—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
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In February, John Smedley launched a diffusion line, JS by John Smedley, which is sold exclusively at John Lewis, that retails for $56 to $239, below the average of $305 in its core line.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
Footwear News,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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People who completed the 10 repetitions for each exercise easily for two consecutive sessions moved up to a harder version of the exercise.—
Kristen Fischer,
Health,
17 Apr. 2025
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He was inspired by the terse, concrete lines of Gertrude Stein and the repetition printmaking of Andy Warhol.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
15 Apr. 2025
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Coogler can let his characters’ verbosity get the better of story momentum.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2025
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Still, the challenge lies in managing the explosive verbosity that modern tools enable effortlessly.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Just as the limitless space of web text tempts writers to indulge their logorrhea, the blinking, ever-transmuting, cartoonish interface of web browsers prevents would-be readers from paying attention to anything for longer than about 7 seconds.—
Barton Swaim,
WSJ,
19 Sep. 2022
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Nor has Musk kept his Twitter logorrhea in check in other respects.—
Michael Hiltzik,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2022
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On their website, the three yellow stripes are prominently featured on the website under the Black Lives Matter wordage, and used on their social media accounts.—
Amritpal Kaur Sandhu-Longoria,
USA TODAY,
29 Mar. 2023
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Reached by the Union-Tribune Wednesday morning, Lindsey differed with McGillis’ wordage.—
Don Norcross,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Mar. 2023
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“Diffuseness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diffuseness. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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