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The use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one with a similar meaning, for example I am going to instead of I will.

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periphrasis

noun

Periphrasis is a figure of speech that uses excessive words or phrases to convey a simple idea.

意味（1）

意味（2）

(linguistics) Expressing a grammatical meaning (such as a tense) using a syntactic construction rather than morphological marking.

Language learners sometimes use periphrases like "did go" where a native speaker would use "went".

意味（3）

(rhetoric) The substitution of a descriptive word or phrase for a proper name (a type of circumlocution).

Periphrasis a single thought expands,

And uses many words for what but few demands.]

意味（4）

(rhetoric) The use of a proper name as a shorthand to stand for qualities associated with it.