āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
circumlocution
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Circumlocution
01
āĻ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§āĻāύā§āϝāĻŧ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ, āĻĒā§āϰāϤā§āϝāĻā§āώ āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻā§āώā§āĻāĻž
the deliberate use of unnecessary words or phrases in an attempt to avoid addressing a topic directly
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
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 āĻāϏ⧠āĻā§ āĻāĻā§āĻā§ āϤāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤā§, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻžāϤā§āϰāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻā§ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻĻāĻļ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻ āϧāϰ⧠āϏāĻŽāϏā§āϝāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāϰāĻĒāĻžāĻļā§ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϧāĻžāύ āύāĻž āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
02
āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻŦāϞāĻž, āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§āώ āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋ
the use of an indirect expression to describe something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Rather than say leg, the medical student used circumlocution like " lower extremity " in front of the patient.
āĻĒāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻĻāϞā§, āĻŽā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻā§āϞ āĻāĻžāϤā§āϰ āϰā§āĻā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽāύ⧠"āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύ āĻ
āĻā§āĻ" āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧠āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻŦāϞāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāϞāĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
circumlocution
circumlocut
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