INDIRECT EXPRESSION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An indirect way of expressing something

Synonyms:

circumlocution; indirect expression

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("indirect expression" is a kind of...):

equivocation; evasion (a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth)

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