phraseology
phraseology
Definition
phra·se·ol·ogy (frā′zē äl′ə jē)
noun pl. phraseologies -·gies
choice and pattern of words; way of speaking or writing; diction
phraseology
Synonyms
phraseology
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- writer: Readers accustomed to the gaudiness and inane phraseology of many modern writers.
- language: Material on the phraseology of special language should be included in curricula for professional training.
Converse of object
- use: However, I do think that the phraseology used by the learned judge is of some relevance in the context of his earlier findings.
- adopt: The New Zealand legislation did not enact the London Convention wholesale, but adopted similar phraseology to the Convention.
- employ: While this continued, leadership would pass elsewhere, perhaps by means of the Right Wing employing left phraseology.
- include: Although the Statement of Responsibilities included such phraseology, it did not seem to influence or reflect contemporary practice.
Adjective modifier
- such: Such phraseology was needed by those who wanted to name things without calling up mental pictures of them.
- similar: The New Zealand legislation did not enact the London Convention wholesale, but adopted similar phraseology to the Convention.
- legal: His duties as Steward required him to be so and in his diary he frequently employs Latin words and terms drawn from legal phraseology.
- standard: From now on all conversation is in standard phraseology, with each phrase having a pre-determined response.
- own: If we reflect some of their own phraseology back to them, they're unlikely to think we haven't listened.
- socialist: Vague pacifist agitation, veiled by socialist phraseology, is an excellent tool for the bourgeois régime.
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