euphemism

Details

Instance of

stylistic device, usage, deception, manipulation, Wikibase reason for deprecated rank, type of word or phrase, literature term

Subclass of

word or phrase

Part of

hidden agenda, smoke and mirrors, political correctness, propaganda, irony, list of Wikidata reasons for deprecation

Has parts

understatement

described by source

The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Basque Literature Terms Dictionary

model item

enhanced interrogation techniques, Final Solution, Sonderbehandlung

opposite of

dysphemism

partially coincident with

code name

permanent duplicated item

Q25642118

topic's main category

Category:Euphemisms

used by

modes of persuasion, Nazism, public relations, politics

Connected on Wikidata

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