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circumstantiality

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circumstantiality /cir·cum·stan·ti·al·i·ty/ (serk?um-stan?she-al´it-e) a disturbed pattern of speech or writing characterized by delay in getting to the point because of the interpolation of unnecessary details and irrelevant parenthetical remarks.
cir·cum·stan·ti·al·i·ty (sûrkm-stnsh-l-t)
n.
A disturbance in the thought process by detail that is often tangential and irrelevant.

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