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(journalism, literature) A form of journalese characterized by the overuse of synonyms for fear of repeating a word.

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elegant variation

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(journalism, literature) A form of journalese characterized by the overuse of synonyms for fear of repeating a word.

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ジャーナリズムや文学において、同じ単語を繰り返さないようにするため、あえて過剰に同義語を使用する表現手法

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The editor criticized the columnist for relying on an elegant variation to avoid repeating the politician's name.

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編集者は、そのコラムニストが政治家の名前の繰り返しを避けるために同義語の過剰使用に頼っていると非難した。

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(journalism, literature) A form of journalese characterized by the overuse of synonyms for fear of repeating a word.

A closely related rule for encoding legal texts is the same meaning, same form principle. We saw previously that this rule requires lawyers to avoid elegant variation. Instead, they should consistently use one word if they mean the same thing.

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