macrology

NOUN

redundancy

Synonyms

STRONGEST

attrition

STRONG

circumlocution overabundance periphrasis pleonasm profusion prolixity superabundance supererogation superfluity tautology verbiage verboseness verbosity

WEAK

copiosity

Antonyms

STRONG

conciseness lack

NOUN

wordiness

Synonyms

STRONG

circumlocution diffuseness diffusion fecundity garrulity logorrhea loquaciousness loquacity officialese periphrasis pleonasm prolixity redundancy tautology verbiage verbosity

WEAK

catalogic verbality verbigeration verbomania

Antonyms

STRONG

conciseness

WEAK

directness straightforwardness terseness

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macrology

Sometimes studying the macrology of a system is not unlike archeology, ecology, or theology, hence the sound-alike construction.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Steele, Guy L.

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