Synonyms for phraseology
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : frey-zee-ol-uh-jee |
Phonetic Transcription : ˌfreɪ ziˈɒl ə dʒi |
Définition of phraseology
Origin :- 1550s, coined erroneously in Greek as phraseologia (1550s), from Greek phrasis "way of speaking" (see phrase (n.)) + -logia (see -logy). The correct form would be *phrasiology. Originally "a phrase book," meaning "way of arranging words, characteristic style of expression" is from 1660s.
- noun expression
- And not only are these gone, but we are lacking in a knowledge of Hebrew phraseology.
- Extract from : « A Theological-Political Treatise [Part II] » by Benedict of Spinoza
- “A lying dog of some sort,” said Mr Vladimir in somewhat Oriental phraseology.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- In Hegelian phraseology the state is the reality of which justice is the idea.
- Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
- There must have been a reason for this change of phraseology.
- Extract from : « The Electoral Votes of 1876 » by David Dudley Field
- In his own phraseology he was “beat,” completely and utterly “beat.”
- Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum
- His later epistles are steeped in the phraseology of the Greek mysteries.
- Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various
- As always in this exalted state his phraseology grew Biblical.
- Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1920 » by Various
- How naturally one falls back into the phraseology of Cranford!
- Extract from : « The Ontario High School Reader » by A.E. Marty
- He was more accustomed to the phraseology of the prayer-meeting than of the public school.
- Extract from : « Teddy: Her Book » by Anna Chapin Ray
- It is no wonder that their phraseology was a caricature of civilised language.
- Extract from : « From Slave to College President » by Godfrey Holden Pike
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