#verboseness__verbosenes an expressive style that uses excessive words
exclusion: #terseness
supertype: #expressive_style__style a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period; "all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper"
subtype: #verbiage overabundance of words
subtype: #prolixity__prolixness__long-windedness__wordiness__wordines boring verboseness
subtype: #turgidity__turgidness__flatulence pompously embellished language
subtype: #circumlocution__periphrasis__periphrasi a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things
subtype: #repetitiveness__repetitiousness__repetitiousnes verboseness resulting from excessive repetitions
subtype: #redundancy.repetitiveness repetition of messages to reduce the probability of errors in transmission
subtype: #tautology useless repetition; "to say that something is `adequate enough' is a tautology"
subtype: #pleonasm using more words than necessary; "a tiny little child"
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