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1. colloquialism
noun. a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech.
Synonyms
- formulation
Antonyms
- euphemism
- misconstruction
Etymology
- -ism (English)
- colloquial (English)
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Example sentences of the word colloquialism
1. Noun, singular or mass
For example, if you are writing about what makes a great teacher and you wanted to say that long lectures are boring, in a conversational essay you can start out using a colloquialism.