What does circumlocutious mean?
Circumlocutious means circumlocutional.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
circumlocutional.
I do not shy from the essentially materialistic, often hypocritical aspects of the executive-headhunting profession, but I want to make clear that as much as we corporate consultants initiate circumlocutious arcanities and the simulacra of expertise rather than its substance, we are forced into so doing by a business ethic that often can swallow nothing less familiar: the truth, for instance.
Use circumlocutious when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Circumlocutious means circumlocutional.
Common synonyms include ambagious, indirect, periphrastic, circumlocutory.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
I do not shy from the essentially materialistic, often hypocritical aspects of the executive-headhunting profession, but I want to make clear that as much as we corporate consultants initiate circumlocutious arcanities and the simulacra of expertise rather than its substance, we are forced into so doing by a business ethic that often can swallow nothing less familiar: the truth, for instance.
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