periphrasis

The use of circumlocution.

A circumlocution.

A roundabout way of speaking; a roundabout phrase or expression; the use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a phrase employed to avoid a common and trite manner of expression; circumlocution.

Synonyms Circumlocution, etc. See pleonasm.

See periphrase.

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.

The substitution of a descriptive word or phrase for a proper name (a species of circumlocution)

The use of a proper name as a shorthand to stand for qualities associated with it.

a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things