English Explanatory Dictionary

elegant variation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The use of synonyms to avoid repetition (regarded as a stylistic fault when done excessively).

Word forms

elegant variation elegant variations

Etymology

Introduced by H. W. Fowler and F. G. Fowler in The King's English (1906).

Synonyms

inelegant variation

Related words

monologophobia synonymomania
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