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

In addition to the above inflected forms, there are many periphrastic or compound forms, made up of auxiliaries with the infinitives and participles.

From An English Grammar by Sewell, James Witt

ASHI-HARA-NO-NAKA-TSU-KUNI=Land in the Middle of the Reed plains, common periphrastic designation of Japan.

From The Fundamental Principles of Old and New World Civilizations by Nuttall, Zelia

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)