euphemistic
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definition
adjective
the euphemistic terms she uses to describe her relationships
using or of the nature of a euphemism.
example
The ad in the classified section of the newspaper was vague and 'euphemistic' .
Senators in both hearings sought answers as to why each person supported ‘torture’, or its close 'euphemistic' cousin, ‘coercive interrogation practices’.
By the turn of the 20th century, perhaps 15 percent of the adult population in major cities like Paris and London had syphilis, though often the diagnosis was spoken of in the most 'euphemistic' and obfuscatory terms.
‘I'm a little embarrassed talking about this but many of us couldn't even walk,’ she weeps, adding that her years as a comfort woman, the 'euphemistic' term for forced prostitution, had done her body irreparable damage.
This somewhat 'euphemistic' term described days when citizens carried out ‘labour service’, neon signs were extinguished, and sake (rice wine) was removed from public sale.
Germany and the USA would have solved their differences in private, and in 'euphemistic' , polite language.
He wants to appropriate this 'euphemistic' term to examine relations between men.
And it also meant that he was on a large number of painkillers, which, apparently (I can find no 'euphemistic' way to put this) have a variety of different effects on ones bowel.
Coercion and ‘rationality’ went together: hence the 'euphemistic' term ‘command economy.’
Things were at best bloated and inefficient; he prefers to dress up the change in rather 'euphemistic' terms.
The film focuses on two borstal ‘trainees’ - a 'euphemistic' term for inmates - with differing approaches to beating the system.
This is 'euphemistic' code for achieving imperialistic control over as many regions of the world as possible, through whatever means are necessary (including preemptive war).
I defy anyone who is offered a well-paid job with good prospects to refuse it because they would rather juggle a few ‘portfolios’ (a 'euphemistic' way of saying short-term contract).
But to many the biggest worry was the ramming through parliament last month of a bill to allow for Self-Defence Forces - an increasingly 'euphemistic' title - to be sent overseas.
There are vulgar and 'euphemistic' terms for sex.
Texas's interest in § 21.06 could be recast in similarly 'euphemistic' terms: ‘preserving the traditional sexual mores of our society.’
With every passing week, the BJP just adds to this 'euphemistic' list.
It is given each year to a person or organization in the US that has used public language that is, in the committee's judgment, deceptive, evasive, 'euphemistic' , or self-contradictory.
Anyway, speaking as a Pulitzer Prize-winner suffering from deferred success, I am all for a campaign against any form of political correctness or 'euphemistic' nonsense.
The substitution of a clear word for 'euphemistic' jargon is found in all forms of manufactured communication, but is perhaps most often used by the military.
Whenever the district council takes a survey to ask what local taxpayers think of its services, the bin collection - or the cleansing department as it is 'euphemistically' known - always comes out tops.
Something is 'euphemistically' being violated or destroyed: the integrity of the subject's body; his or her mental composure or sense of security; moral or ethical codes.
The cover story actually prompted me to write a cranky letter to the editor, decrying the way the article waxes 'euphemistically' about US military combat uniforms and helmets.
Now, that also happens outside China and is 'euphemistically' called a ‘technical correction’ by experts who have to explain an earlier too optimistic approach of the market.
They are, of course, regular second-hand cars, 'euphemistically' described to instill a feeling that the vehicle had not been previously ‘used’.
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