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verbalism, verbiage
overabundance of words
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long-windedness, prolixity, prolixness, windiness, wordiness
boring verbosity
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ambage, circumlocution, periphrasis
a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
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repetitiousness, repetitiveness
verboseness resulting from excessive repetitions
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pleonasm
using more words than necessary
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flatulence, turgidity, turgidness
pompously embellished language
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redundancy
repetition of messages to reduce the probability of errors in transmission
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tautology
useless repetition
