Circumlocution (also called circumduction, circumvolution, periphrasis, kenning,[dubious – discuss] or ambage[citation needed]) is the use of an unnecessarily...
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the British government, in this novel in the form of the fictional "Circumlocution Office". Dickens also satirises the stratification of society that results...
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(Old English kenning [cʰɛnːiŋɡ], Modern Icelandic [cʰɛnːiŋk]) is a circumlocution, an ambiguous or roundabout figure of speech, used instead of an ordinary...
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the lack of self-correction" that the patient may exhibit, and their circumlocution (the ability to talk around missing words) we may conclude that they...
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Euphemism (section Periphrasis/circumlocution)
Periphrasis, or circumlocution, is one of the most common: to "speak around" a given word, implying it without saying it. Over time, circumlocutions become recognized...
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treating anomic aphasia include circumlocution-induced naming therapy (CIN), wherein the patient uses circumlocution to assist with his or her naming...
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intentional (although intent usually is connoted), and is accomplished with circumlocution (talking around the subject), the use of jargon (technical language...
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Look up kenning in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Kenning is a circumlocution used instead of an ordinary noun in Old Norse and later Icelandic poetry...
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Jews on the council, which is unobjectionable, the substitution of a circumlocution like Jewish people or persons of Jewish background may in itself cause...
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Psychology portal Antanaclasis: a related purposeful rhetorical device Circumlocution: phrasing to explain something without saying it Equivocality: Organizational...
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