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paraphrasis /pəˈrafrəsɪs /noun (plural paraphrases /pəˈrafrəsiːz/) rareA rewording of something written or spoken; a paraphrase.God's Laws are clear, and need no Paraphrasis....- A word may be said to be expounded by paraphrasis.
- Such un-English concatenations as 'music-esthetic', 'absolute-musical', and even 'art-religious' could readily be avoided altogether by paraphrasis.
Origin Mid 16th century: Latin, from Greek (see paraphrase). |