Circumlocution (also called circumduction, circumvolution, periphrasis, kenning,[dubious – discuss] or ambage[citation needed]) is the use of an unnecessarily...

the British government, in this novel in the form of the fictional "Circumlocution Office". Dickens also satirises the stratification of society that results...

(Old English kenning [cʰɛnːiŋɡ], Modern Icelandic [cʰɛnːiŋk]) is a circumlocution, an ambiguous or roundabout figure of speech, used instead of an ordinary...

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...

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...

treating anomic aphasia include circumlocution-induced naming therapy (CIN), wherein the patient uses circumlocution to assist with his or her naming...

intentional (although intent usually is connoted), and is accomplished with circumlocution (talking around the subject), the use of jargon (technical language...

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...

Jews on the council, which is unobjectionable, the substitution of a circumlocution like Jewish people or persons of Jewish background may in itself cause...

Psychology portal Antanaclasis: a related purposeful rhetorical device Circumlocution: phrasing to explain something without saying it Equivocality: Organizational...