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Definition of circumlocutions:

(n) : (uncountable) A roundabout or indirect way of speaking; thus:
(n) : (uncountable) Unnecessary use of extra words to express an idea, such as a pleonastic phrase (sometimes driven by an attempt at emphatic clarity) or a wordy substitution (the latter driven by euphemistic intent, pedagogic intent, or sometimes loquaciousness alone).
(n) : (uncountable) Necessary use of a phrase to circumvent either a vocabulary fault (of speaker or listener) or a lexical gap, either monolingually or in translation.
(n) : (countable) An instance of such usage; a roundabout expression, whether an inadvisable one or a necessary one.
Definition of circumlocutions:

(n) : (uncountable) A roundabout or indirect way of speaking; thus:
(n) : (uncountable) Unnecessary use of extra words to express an idea, such as a pleonastic phrase (sometimes driven by an attempt at emphatic clarity) or a wordy substitution (the latter driven by euphemistic intent, pedagogic intent, or sometimes loquaciousness alone).
(n) : (uncountable) Necessary use of a phrase to circumvent either a vocabulary fault (of speaker or listener) or a lexical gap, either monolingually or in translation.
(n) : (countable) An instance of such usage; a roundabout expression, whether an inadvisable one or a necessary one.
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