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Modernist circuмlocution.


 

Likely would agree, but could you explain a bit more what circuмlocution is ..

Circuмlocution
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Circuмlocution (also called periphrasis, circuмduction, circuмvolution, periphrase, or ambage[1]) is an ambiguous or roundabout figure of speech. In its most basic form, circuмlocution is using many words (such as "a tool used for cutting things such as paper and hair") to describe something simple ("scissors"). In this sense, the vast majority of definitions found in dictionaries are circuмlocutory.

Circuмlocution is often used by aphasics and people learning a new language, where in the absence of a word (such as "abuelo" [grandfather]) the subject can simply be described ("el padre de su padre" [the father of one's father]). It is also used frequently in Basic English, a constructed dialect of non-regional English.

Circuмlocution has numerous other uses, under whose circuмstances other terms are used.
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Quote from: Telesphorus

Modernist circuмlocution.


 

Likely would agree, but could you explain a bit more what circuмlocution is ..

Circuмlocution
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Circuмlocution (also called periphrasis, circuмduction, circuмvolution, periphrase, or ambage[1]) is an ambiguous or roundabout figure of speech. In its most basic form, circuмlocution is using many words (such as "a tool used for cutting things such as paper and hair") to describe something simple ("scissors"). In this sense, the vast majority of definitions found in dictionaries are circuмlocutory.

Circuмlocution is often used by aphasics and people learning a new language, where in the absence of a word (such as "abuelo" [grandfather]) the subject can simply be described ("el padre de su padre" [the father of one's father]). It is also used frequently in Basic English, a constructed dialect of non-regional English.

Circuмlocution has numerous other uses, under whose circuмstances other terms are used.
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In simple English, to hide, and deny a truth through a
play of ambiguous words, and phrases.
We can use the word Heresy.

double minded in all his ways....

Agreed, in more simple English.