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euphemism 音標拼音: [j'ufəm ,ɪzəm] n. 委婉的說法 委婉的說法 euphemism n 1: an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh [ ant: { dysphemism}] Euphemism \ Eu" phe* mism\ ([= u]" f[- e]* m[ i^] z' m), n. [ Gr. ? fr. ? to use word of a good omen; e' y^ well ? to speak: cf. F. euph[' e] misme. See { Fame}.] ( Rhet.) A figure in which a harsh or indelicate word or expression is softened; a way of describing an offensive thing by an inoffensive expression; a mild name for something disagreeable. Euphemistic36 Moby Thesaurus words for " euphemism": Gongorism, affectation, affectedness, amelioration, artfulness, artifice, artificiality, cushioning, elegance, euphuism, exquisiteness, formalism, formality, 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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