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INDIRECT EXPRESSION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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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