See euphemism in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "a. 1803, James Beattie, “Of Rhetorick”, in Elements of Moral Science, volume III, Philadelphia: Hopkins and Earle, published 1809, section I, page 118:",
"text": "Akin to it [litotes] is euphemism, which may be applied to the same purpose.",
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"ref": "2019 July 26, David J. Ulin, “Op-Ed: I’m Jewish and I don’t say this lightly: ‘Never again’ is right now in America”, in LA Times:",
"text": "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?",
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"alt": "えんきょくほう",
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"sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
"word": "완곡어법"
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"word": "bahasa halus"
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"sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
"word": "ཚིག་ངན་ཚབ་འཇམ་ཚིག"
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},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
"word": "eufemismi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "euphémisme"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eufemismo"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "evpemizmi",
"sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
"word": "ევფემიზმი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Euphemismus"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "effimismós",
"sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ευφημισμός"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "euphēmismós",
"sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "εὐφημισμός"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "hupokórisma",
"sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ὑποκόρισμα"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "lashón n'qiyá",
"sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "לָשׁוֹן נְקִיָּה"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
"word": "eufemizmus"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
"word": "eufemisme"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eufemismo"
},
{
"alt": "えんきょくほう",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "enkyokuhō",
"sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
"word": "婉曲法"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "évfemizm",
"sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
"word": "эвфемизм"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "wan'gogeobeop",
"sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
"word": "완곡어법"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "dollyeo malhagi",
"sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
"word": "돌려 말하기"
},
{
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "evfemizm",
"sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
"word": "эвфемизм"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "euphemismus"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "eifēmisms"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "eufemízam",
"sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "еуфеми́зам"
},
{
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
"word": "bahasa halus"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
"word": "kupu whakamauru"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "ceerlel",
"sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
"word": "цээрлэл"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eufemisme"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "evfemisme"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eufemisme"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "evfemisme"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "eufemizacja"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eufemismo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "eufemism"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "evfemízm",
"sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
"word": "эвфеми́зм"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eufemizmus"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eufemismo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "eufemism"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
"word": "pahiman"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "tshig ngan tshab 'jam tshig",
"sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
"word": "ཚིག་ངན་ཚབ་འཇམ་ཚིག"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
"word": "örtmece"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
"word": "öfemizm"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "evfemízm",
"sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "евфемі́зм"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "use of a word or phrase to replace another word with one considered less offensive",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "lledneiseb"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "meġmasacʻutʻyun",
"sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
"word": "մեղմասացություն"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eufemisme"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
"word": "委婉語"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wěiwǎnyǔ",
"sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
"word": "委婉语"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
"word": "婉辭"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wǎncí",
"sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
"word": "婉辞"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
"word": "婉詞"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "wǎncí",
"sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
"word": "婉词"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "eufemismus"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "eufemisme"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
"word": "eŭfemismo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
"word": "kiertoilmaus"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
"word": "kiertoilmaisu"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
"word": "eufemismi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "euphémisme"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eufemismo"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "evpemizmi",
"sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
"word": "ევფემიზმი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "Euphemismus"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "effimismós",
"sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ευφημισμός"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "veigrunarorð"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "fegrunarheiti"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "skrautyrði"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "skrauthvörf"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eufemismo"
},
{
"alt": "えんきょくひょうげん",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "enkyoku hyōgen",
"sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
"word": "婉曲表現"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "sypaiy söz",
"sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
"word": "сыпайы сөз"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "wan'gokhan pyohyeon",
"sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
"word": "완곡한 표현"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "wan'gogeo",
"sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
"word": "완곡어"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "eufemízam",
"sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "еуфеми́зам"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "ceerlel",
"sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
"word": "цээрлэл"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eufemisme"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "evfemisme"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eufemisme"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "evfemisme"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eufemizm"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "melioratyw"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eufemismo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "eufemism"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "evfemízm",
"sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "эвфеми́зм"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eufemismo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "eufemism"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
"word": "pahiman"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "tshig ngan tshab 'jam tshig",
"sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
"word": "ཚིག་ངན་ཚབ་འཇམ་ཚིག"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
"word": "öfemizm"
},
{
"alt": "婉語",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
"word": "uyển ngữ"
},
{
"code": "vo",
"lang": "Volapük",
"sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
"word": "föemot"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "mwythair"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "gair llednais"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Category:Harry Potter characters",
"Lord Voldemort"
],
"word": "euphemism"
}
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