circunlocución

Definitions of circunlocución
  1. noun
    an indirect way of expressing something
    synonyms: circunloquio
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    type of:
    equívoco, evasión
    a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
  2. noun
    a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
    synonyms: perífrasis
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    type of:
    facundia, verbosidad
    an expressive style that uses excessive or empty words
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