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kyriology
noun
The use of literal or simple expressions, as distinguished from the use of figurative or obscure ones
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kyriology
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figure of speech
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tralation
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literal
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dead metaphor
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brachyology
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pluriliteral
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set phrase
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propositional calculus
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antiphrasis
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figurative
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formal language
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epanadiplosis
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diverb
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rhetorical device
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laconism
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tralatition
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mental object
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hysteron proteron
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metaphorical
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verb phrase
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expression
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extradictionary
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noun phrase
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expressive style
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metaphrase
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calligram
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paronym
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cacozelia
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antiphrastic
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tagmeme
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syllabism
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duoliteral
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epibole
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give voice
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anacoluthon
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ghost word
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concrete noun
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polyseme
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kyriological
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heterophemy
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hypallage
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grecism
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biliteral
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indicative mood
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brachylogy
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unclearness
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autological
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metagraphy
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tagmemics
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ideophone
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common noun
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adposition
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platitudinize
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representational process
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propositional logic
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obscure
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atticism
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anacoluthia
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anthimeria
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verbigeration
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language unit
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ambiguous
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alpha privative
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overword
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tapinosis
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cacography
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monosemy
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hypostatize
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hyperbaton
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scripturalist
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word salad
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euphuize
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heracleonite
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demonstrative pronoun
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tropist
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dorism
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modal auxiliary
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obscurement
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paraleipsis
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charactery
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function word
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anagogics
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syncategorematic
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main clause
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paronymous
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direct object
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euhemerize
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independent clause
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poetic
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pauciloquy
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onefold
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symbolic
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acataleptic
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complex sentence
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antimetathesis
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exotery
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epanorthosis
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heteroclite
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logology
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morology
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kyriology
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