Meaning of EUPHEMISM
| Pronunciation: | | 'yoofu`mizum
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| | Definition: | | [n] an inoffensive expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive |
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| | See Also: | | blank, darn, expression, heck, locution, saying | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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