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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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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 Guy L. Steele

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