PARAPHRASIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Rewording for the purpose of clarification

Synonyms:

paraphrase; paraphrasis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("paraphrasis" is a kind of...):

recasting; rephrasing; rewording (changing a particular word or phrase)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "paraphrasis"):

translation (rewording something in less technical terminology)

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