periphrasis ( synonym found)
Definition of periphrasis:

(n) : the use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one with a similar meaning, for example "I am going to" instead of "I will"; expressing a grammatical meaning (such as a tense) using a syntactic construction rather than morphological marking
Definition of periphrasis:

(n) : the use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one with a similar meaning, for example "I am going to" instead of "I will"; expressing a grammatical meaning (such as a tense) using a syntactic construction rather than morphological marking
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