circumlocution
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/ˌsɜːkəmləˈkjuːʃən/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "circumlocution"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ, āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻ•ā§āώ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž

the deliberate use of unnecessary words or phrases in an attempt to avoid addressing a topic directly
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Rather than come right out and explain what happened, she chose circumlocution and talked all around the issue for ten minutes without resolving anything.
āϏāϰāĻžāϏāϰāĻŋ āĻāϏ⧇ āϕ⧀ āϘāĻŸā§‡āϛ⧇ āϤāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧇, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϚāĻžāϤ⧁āϰāĻŋ āĻŦ⧇āϛ⧇ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻĻāĻļ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟ āϧāϰ⧇ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻžāϰ āϚāĻžāϰāĻĒāĻžāĻļ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āχ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ āύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āϘ⧁āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāϞāĻž, āĻĒāϰ⧋āĻ•ā§āώ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ

the use of an indirect expression to describe something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Rather than say leg, the medical student used circumlocution like " lower extremity " in front of the patient.
āĻĒāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻĻāϞ⧇, āĻŽā§‡āĻĄāĻŋāϕ⧇āϞ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āϰ⧋āĻ—ā§€āϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽāύ⧇ "āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ āĻ…āĻ™ā§āĻ—" āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧋ āϘ⧁āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϞāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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