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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.

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periphrasis

Source Word

periphrasis

IPA(Pronunciation)

Noun

countable uncountable rhetoric

Japanese Meaning

回りくどい表現、冗長な言い回し、あるいは短い表現の代わりに用いられる長い表現

Because of his fondness for periphrasis, he often says 'I am going to' instead of 'I will'.

彼は短い表現の代わりにより長い表現を使うことを好むため、しばしば「I am going to」と言い、「I will」とは言わない。

Sense（1）

Sense（2）

(linguistics) Expressing a grammatical meaning (such as a tense) using a syntactic construction rather than morphological marking.

Language learners sometimes use periphrases like "did go" where a native speaker would use "went".

Sense（3）

(rhetoric) The substitution of a descriptive word or phrase for a proper name (a type of circumlocution).

Periphrasis a single thought expands,

And uses many words for what but few demands.]

Sense（4）

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

periphrases

（ plural ）