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单词 prolixity
释义
(noun) 
Synonyms
long-windedness
wandering
redundancy
rambling
verbiage
His writing is full of pretentious and self-indulgent verbiage.
tautology
The tautology and circularity of this argument were swept aside.
wordiness
verbosity
the pedantry and verbosity of his public speeches
maundering
diffuseness
tediousness
boringness
discursiveness
pleonasm
circuity
verboseness

Additional synonyms

in the sense of pleonasm
Definition
an unnecessary word or phrase
Synonyms
verbosity,
redundancy,
repetition,
verbiage,
convolution,
tautology,
wordiness,
circumlocution,
periphrasis,
circuitousness
in the sense of tautology
Definition
the use of words which merely repeat something already stated, as in reverse back
The tautology and circularity of this argument were swept aside.
Synonyms
repetition,
redundancy,
verbiage,
iteration,
verbosity,
repetitiveness,
prolixity,
repetitiousness,
pleonasm
in the sense of verbiage
Definition
the excessive use of words
His writing is full of pretentious and self-indulgent verbiage.
Synonyms
verbosity,
repetition,
tautology,
redundancy,
circumlocution,
prolixity,
periphrasis,
pleonasm

Nearby words of
prolixity

  • proliferation
  • prolific
  • prolix
  • prolixity
  • prologue
  • prolong
  • promenade

Synonyms of 'prolixity'

prolixity

Additional synonyms

in the sense of verbosity
the pedantry and verbosity of his public speeches
Synonyms
long-windedness,
rambling,
verbiage,
wordiness,
prolixity,
garrulity,
logorrhoea,
loquaciousness,
windiness,
verboseness
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