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indirection

[ in-duh-rek-shuhn, -dahy- ]

noun

  1. indirect action or procedure.
  2. a roundabout course or method.
  3. a lack of direction or goal; aimlessness:

    His efforts were marked by indirection and indecisiveness.

  4. deceitful or dishonest dealing.


indirection

/ ˌɪndɪˈrɛkʃən /

noun

  1. indirect procedure, courses, or methods
  2. lack of direction or purpose; aimlessness
  3. indirect dealing; deceit
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of indirection1

1585–95; indirect + -ion, modeled on direction
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Example Sentences

The indirection is not purposeless; Edelman is building the service roads to his main argument.

“The same hallmarks we listen for in Rorem’s music will be found in his essays a well: indirection, instinctive grace, intellectual aplomb, a lyrical line.”

The effect of these lines, which reach back into the past while projecting far into the future, is that of a rebus, with the stunning phrase “the final whereabouts” offering one more breath of indirection.

There are two levels of indirection from the core business of Robinhood.

And while the narrative moves mostly in a straight line, it also doubles back and encounters obstacles, proceeding into the past by means of association, indirection and the overcoming of repressed knowledge.

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