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phraseology noun [ ˌfreɪzɪˈɒlədʒi ]

• a particular mode of expression, especially one characteristic of a particular speaker or subject area.
• "legal phraseology"
Similar: wording, choice of words, phrasing, usage, idiom, diction, parlance, words, language, vocabulary, terminology, jargon, patter, cant, -speak, dialect, vernacular, argot, patois, style, way of speaking/writing, manner of speaking/writing, style of speech/writing, mode of speech/writing, façon de parler, lingo, idiolect,
Origin: mid 17th century: from modern Latin phraseologia, from Greek phraseōn, genitive plural of phrasis ‘a phrase’ + -logia (see -logy).


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