Euphemism

//ˈjuː.fəˌmɪz.əm//

"Euphemism" in a Sentence (13 examples)

Is that a euphemism for something?

The term "ministry of defense" is considered by many to be a euphemism for what was earlier called the "ministry of war".

That's a euphemism.

"Collateral damage" is a euphemism for killing innocent people to protect capital.

The term sanitation worker is a euphemism for a garbage man.

"To go to one's just reward" is a euphemism for "to die."

The most amusing euphemism for male masturbation is "pumping the monkey."

"Euphenism" is an incorrect spelling of "euphemism".

It's a euphemism to say that you have to have your dog "put to sleep."

Akin to it [litotes] is euphemism, which may be applied to the same purpose.

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In 1946, George Orwell addressed the relationship of language to reality and suggested that euphemism, not imperfect analogy, was the real danger. If we don’t use shocking language to describe a shocking circumstance, can we truly recognize what is happening?

When it is said of the martyr St. Stephen, that “he fell asleep,” instead of—he died, the euphemism partakes of the nature of metaphor, intimating a resemblance between sleep and the death of such a person.

Euphemistic language turns up in many areas of American life in a variety of situations. Not all euphemisms are alike, but they have one thing in common: They obscure meaning rather than enhance it; they shade the truth.

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