in this connection

Prepositional phrase

 * 1)  In connection with this subject; in this regard.

Usage notes

 * This phrase is sometimes proscribed, as an instance of the themes that writers should avoid wordiness and triteness. But many English speakers do not consider this phrase to be particularly wordy or trite, and the available alternatives aren't much shorter. With either phrase, in this connection or in this regard — as with many other turns of phrase as well — perhaps the best usage advice is merely to make sure not to overuse it conspicuously.
 * "In this connection" was more common than alternatives like "in connection with (this, that, etc)" and "in this regard" in the 19th and early 20th century, but began to decline in popularity after about 1920; "in this regard" overtook it in the 1960s and is more common today.