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beating around the bush

noun as in circumlocution

Strong matches

diffuseness
discursiveness
euphemism
indirectness
periphrasis
pleonasm
prolixity
roundabout
tautology
verbiage
wordiness

Weak matches

circumambages
gassiness
periphrase
verbal evasion
verbality

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