euphemism

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The use of a word or phrase to replace another one that is more offensive, blunt or vulgar.

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

2. isim A word or phrase that replaces another in this way.

   “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.”