معنى كلمة euphemism | الترجمة والشرح والأمثلة

معنى كلمة euphemism بالعربي

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النطق: /ˈjuː.fəˌmɪz.əm/ | /ˌjyːˈfɛmizm̩/

euphemism

A euphemism is a term that is used in place of a mean or unpleasant word.

“Window maintenance officer” is a euphemism for a window washer.

Akin to it [litotes] is euphemism, which may be applied to the same purpose.
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?
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.
Euphemistic language turns up in many areas of American life in a variety of situations. Not all euphemisms are alike, but they have one thing in common: They obscure meaning rather than enhance it; they shade the truth.

codeword, genteelism

euphemisms