periphrasis

noun

pə-ˈri-frə-səs How to pronounce periphrasis (audio)
Definition of periphrasisnext
as in repetition
the use of too many words to express an idea congressional hearings into the Watergate scandal were marked by an orgy of periphrasis, the expression "at this point in time" being a memorable example

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  1. repetition
  2. diffusion
  3. circumlocution
  4. verbosity
  5. logorrhea
  6. wordage
Noun
  • In Malone’s hands, those associations change under the pressure of repetition, particularly in the stark, piercing sound-world of the organ.
    Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Progressive overload means gradually increasing your routine's weight, frequency, or number of repetitions to challenge your muscles.
    Alyssa Hui-Anderson, Verywell Health, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of repetition
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  • What is Sora? Sora represents a significant leap in generative AI capabilities, functioning as a diffusion model to transform text prompts into videos of up to one minute.
    Moin Roberts-Islam, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Redfield also cites the diffusion of media as another factor for national political themes being used in local contests.
    Rick Pearson, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2024
Definition of diffusion
Noun
  • Here, instead, she’s swayed by a dead Diana softly squeezing her hand and kindly hinting — the dead Diana is an ace at tactful circumlocution — that now is the time to show a mourning nation some emotion.
    Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 16 Nov. 2023
  • By condensing Balzac’s opus to a few paragraphs, Barthelme was having a laugh not just at his predecessor’s genteel circumlocution—his tendency to describe buildings and manufacturing procedures and family trees in lavish detail—but also at the conventions of novelistic mimesis itself.
    Giles Harvey, The New York Review of Books, 23 Apr. 2020
Definition of circumlocution
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  • When that’s chucked in a blender with his own penchant for spiky-savvy verbosity, the results fizz and pop.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024
  • But many French are deeply sick of hearing his volcanic verbosity.
    Lee Hockstader, Washington Post, 1 July 2024
Definition of verbosity
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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
  • Nor has Musk kept his Twitter logorrhea in check in other respects.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2022
Definition of logorrhea
Noun
  • 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
  • Reached by the Union-Tribune Wednesday morning, Lindsey differed with McGillis’ wordage.
    Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2023
Definition of wordage
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