periphrastic

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But it seems to this reader, Rebecca becoming Maud also speaks to the preoccupation of this entire book: the periphrastic construction of identity itself.

From New York Times • Mar. 29, 2022

He misrepresents, distorts, bisects sentences and employs periphrastic phrases to make his points.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is evident, therefore, that this abundant use of compounds, or periphrastic synonyms, grows out of the desire to repeat the idea in varying language.

From Anglo-Saxon Grammar and Exercise Book with Inflections, Syntax, Selections for Reading, and Glossary by Smith, C. Alphonso (Charles Alphonso)

In the provinces, where a periphrastic style is still cultivated, polemics are clothed in high-sounding phrases.

From The Fortune of the Rougons by Vizetelly, Ernest Alfred

"I won't press the analogy, but I will say that those who are themselves periphrastic should avoid criticising others for being ambaginous."

From The Inventions of the Idiot by Bangs, John Kendrick