About The Word Euphemism
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Euphemism
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What's The Definition Of Euphemism?
[n] an inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive
Synonyms | Synonyms for Euphemism: Related Terms | Find terms related to Euphemism: affectation | affectedness | amelioration | artfulness | artifice | artificiality | cushioning | elegance | euphuism | exquisiteness | formalism | formality | Gongorism | goody-goodness | goody-goodyism | hyperelegance | indirect | manneredness | mannerism | mild | mitigation | mollification | overelaboration | overelegance | overniceness | overpreciseness | overrefinement | pedantry | preciosity | preciousness | precisianism | pretentiousness | purism | substitution | unnaturalness | vague See Also | blank | darn | expression | heck | locution | saying Euphemism In Webster's Dictionary \Eu"phe*mism\, n. [Gr. ? fr. ? to use word of a good
omen; ? well + ? to speak: cf. F. euph['e]misme. See {Fame}.]
(Rhet.)
A figure in which a harts or indelicate word or expression is
softened; a way of describing an offensive thing by an
inoffensive expression; a mild name for something
disagreeable.
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