officialese
[uh-fish-uh-leez, -lees]
noun
a style of language used in some official statements, often criticized for its use of polysyllabic jargon and obscure, pretentiously wordy phrasing.
Origin of officialese
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Related Words for officialese
diffusion, redundancy, garrulity, diffuseness, verbosity, circumlocution, fecundity, verbiage, loquacity, prolixity, pleonasm, tautology, periphrasis, logorrhea, loquaciousness, verbality, verbigerationofficialese
noun
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