Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

paraphrasis en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /pəˈræfrəsɪs/

Etymology

From Latin paraphrasis, from Ancient Greek παράφρασις (paráphrasis). Compare periphrasis.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The practice of paraphrasing: use of different words.

Coordinates

periphrasis

Hypernyms

phrasing · wording

Relateds

in other words