INDIRECT EXPRESSION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does indirect expression mean? 

• INDIRECT EXPRESSION (noun)
  The noun INDIRECT EXPRESSION has 1 sense:

1. an indirect way of expressing something

  Familiarity information: INDIRECT EXPRESSION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INDIRECT EXPRESSION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An indirect way of expressing something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

circumlocution; indirect expression

Hypernyms ("indirect expression" is a kind of...):

equivocation; evasion (a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth)