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DICTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The manner in which something is expressed in words
Example:
use concise military verbiage
Synonyms:
choice of words; diction; phraseology; phrasing; verbiage; wording
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("diction" is a kind of...):
expression; formulation (the style of expressing yourself)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "diction"):
mot juste (the appropriate word or expression)
verbalisation; verbalization (the words that are spoken in the activity of verbalization)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The articulation of speech regarded from the point of view of its intelligibility to the audience
Synonyms:
diction; enunciation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("diction" is a kind of...):
articulation (the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "diction"):
mumbling (indistinct enunciation)
