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circumlocution; circumduction; circumvolution; periphrasis; ambage Umschreibung {f}; umständliche Ausdrucksweise {f} [ling.]

circumlocution [formal] Weitschweifigkeit {f}; Drumherumrederei {f} [ugs.]
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