phraseology UK /fɹeɪziˈɒləd͡ʒɪ/US /fɹeɪziˈɑləd͡ʒi/ noun4 •The style in which words and phrases are used in writing or speech. •A group of specialized words and expressions used by a particular group.Railway grouping had caused some peculiarly Scottish phraseology to disappear, though the note "Stops on timous notice to the guard" survived until comparatively recently. — 1956 •Study of set or fixed expressions. •A collection of phrases; a phrasebook. formsphraseologies