circularity

noun

Definition of circularitynext
as in diffusion

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for circularity
  1. diffusion
  2. tautology
  3. verbosity
  4. repetition
  5. circumlocution
  6. logorrhea
  7. wordage
Noun
  • The refills are recyclable, and the device features a dry diffusion technology.
    James Manso, WWD, 22 Nov. 2024
  • As a diffusion index, readings above 50 translate to positive month-over-month improvement.
    Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of diffusion
Noun
  • Yes, a win is a win, but tautologies aside, for the Niners, a win with Purdy playing like one of the finest quarterbacks in the NFL on Sunday would speak volumes.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
  • In this tautology, the act of spending is proof that the spending is justified.
    Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2024
Definition of tautology
Noun
  • When that’s chucked in a blender with his own penchant for spiky-savvy verbosity, the results fizz and pop.
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2024
  • But many French are deeply sick of hearing his volcanic verbosity.
    Lee Hockstader, Washington Post, 1 July 2024
Definition of verbosity
Noun
  • With that, a huge part of any new sports league is finding the right theme song, one that will stick viewers, carrying them through victory and sorrow, and worming its way into the back on their mind after endless hours of repetition.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2024
  • These include: In texts, look for repetition, shallow reasoning and a dearth of facts.
    Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of repetition
Noun
  • Here, instead, she’s swayed by a dead Diana softly squeezing her hand and kindly hinting — the dead Diana is an ace at tactful circumlocution — that now is the time to show a mourning nation some emotion.
    Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 16 Nov. 2023
  • By condensing Balzac’s opus to a few paragraphs, Barthelme was having a laugh not just at his predecessor’s genteel circumlocution—his tendency to describe buildings and manufacturing procedures and family trees in lavish detail—but also at the conventions of novelistic mimesis itself.
    Giles Harvey, The New York Review of Books, 23 Apr. 2020
Definition of circumlocution
Noun
  • Just as the limitless space of web text tempts writers to indulge their logorrhea, the blinking, ever-transmuting, cartoonish interface of web browsers prevents would-be readers from paying attention to anything for longer than about 7 seconds.
    Barton Swaim, WSJ, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Nor has Musk kept his Twitter logorrhea in check in other respects.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2022
Definition of logorrhea
Noun
  • On their website, the three yellow stripes are prominently featured on the website under the Black Lives Matter wordage, and used on their social media accounts.
    Amritpal Kaur Sandhu-Longoria, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Reached by the Union-Tribune Wednesday morning, Lindsey differed with McGillis’ wordage.
    Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2023
Definition of wordage
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