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phraseology

[ frey-zee-ol-uh-jee ]

noun

  1. manner or style of verbal expression; characteristic language:

    legal phraseology.

  2. expressions; phrases:

    obscure phraseology.



phraseology

/ ˌfreɪzɪˈɒlədʒɪ; ˌfreɪzɪəˈlɒdʒɪkəl /

noun

  1. the manner in which words or phrases are used
  2. a set of phrases used by a particular group of people
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Derived Forms

  • phraseological, adjective
  • ˌˈDz, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ···Dz·· [frey-zee-, uh, -, loj, -i-k, uh, l], ȴ··Dzi adjective
  • ȴ··Dzi·· adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of phraseology1

First recorded in 1600–10; from New Latin phraseologia (erroneously for unattested Greek DZDzí ), coined by German humanist Michael Neander (1525–95); phrase, -o-, -logy
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Synonym Study

See diction.
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Example Sentences

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He also cautioned that he was unsure of the government's definition of a working person, adding: "We’ve got to find a different phraseology".

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What if the different “officer” phraseology in the Constitution had different meanings?’”

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Bono: I wish I had the courage and phraseology to say exactly that.

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On the eve of last year’s elections, former president Barack Obama suggested that an electoral problem for Democrats is that they are too focused on forcing people to use “the right phraseology.”

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All the clichés — bullying, or intimidation, or aggressive management, all the phraseology that is synonymous.

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