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Significados de euphemism em inglês

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эвфемизм
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eufemística
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eufemístico
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eufemisme

Innocuous word or expression used in place of one that may be found offensive.

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Uso de euphemism em inglês
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I don't want them to think I need a euphemism at all.
The Guardian
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In the Chinese saying, 'sharing a pillow' is a euphemism for sex.
Reuters
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Reaction to this campaign has been, to use the favoured euphemism, mixed.
The Guardian
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Sometimes a euphemism is more true than what it's supposed to hide.
Choke
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But when the words finally came, they were shorn of all euphemism.
The Taming of Red Butte Western
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Indeed, K street has become a euphemism for the world of lobbyists.
The Guardian
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What was the use of this term but a euphemism for insanity?
The House of the Vampire
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I hope you don't think I'm using a euphemism for violence.
The Robot Who Looked Like Me
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Not in the least; it would be a mere euphemism,-baseflattery, in fact.
A Chance Acquaintance
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That term is widely seen as a euphemism for organised crime in Japan.
Reuters
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A euphemism is a polite way of obscuring an uncomfortable or unpleasant truth.
The Guardian
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You see, there's been some...oh, let's just use the coy euphemism 'unpleasantness'...this summer.
Ashes and bones: an emma fielding mystery
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And at times control has been a euphemism for excessive caution.
The Guardian
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The Koran resorts to no euphemism or circumlocution in declaring it.
Oriental Religions and Christianity / A Course of Lectures Deliv...
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This egregious euphemism was Bosnia's contribution to the language of war.
The Irish Times
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Runcorn assures me it is not debt, he said, glossing over the euphemism.
Funeral in Blue
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