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PARAPHRASIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does paraphrasis mean?
• PARAPHRASIS (noun)
The noun PARAPHRASIS has 1 sense:
1. rewording for the purpose of clarification
Familiarity information: PARAPHRASIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rewording for the purpose of clarification
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
paraphrase; paraphrasis
Hypernyms ("paraphrasis" is a kind of...):
recasting; rephrasing; rewording (changing a particular word or phrase)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "paraphrasis"):
translation (rewording something in less technical terminology)
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