I guess I am simply accustomed to dealing with more edulcorated versions of xenophobia.
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Edulcorate
Synonyms for "edulcorate" (47 found)
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Related words (23)
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3 entrieschange tasteculinary processverbal action
More specific
7 entriescautious languagedefensive rhetoricdulcificationgentle dictionmeasured phrasingsoftened tonesugar addition
Collocations
6 entriesedulcorate discourseedulcorate findingsedulcorate languageedulcorate policyedulcorate rhetoricedulcorate taste
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
2 entriesSample sentences
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The more Judicious of the Chymiſts themſelves do ſeveral of them novv acknovvledge, that the bare reducing of Pearls to fine Povvder, affords a Medicine much richer in the Vertues of the Pearls, then the Magiſtery, prepar'd by diſſolving them in acid Spirits, and precipitating them vvith Oyl of Tartar, and aftervvards ſcrupulously edulcorating them.
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