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From Richard Dawkin's recent article about evolution: "Yet the philosophy that imposes such scruples on science has no basis for absolving everyday facts from the same circumlocution."
the definition of this word is about the word itself, "an expressive style that uses excessive or empty words"
this is befitting for political debates.
a roundabout or indirect way of speaking; the use of more words than necessary to express an idea.
It's classic beating around the bush. Geekmum, it one of my forever and ever faves.
See periphrasis.
Circumlocution is one of my favorite words because... well... I love words. Why use one lonely word when you can have a word party? While the rest of the world casts a frown on redundancy, I shall instead celebrate it. The more the merrier, I say. (And I believe I might be in good company here.)
Euphemism is a kind of cousin-word, it strikes me...