euphemistic

English

Etymology

From euphemism +‎ -tic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌjuːfəˈmɪstɪk/

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Adjective

euphemistic (comparative more euphemistic, superlative most euphemistic)

1. Of or pertaining to euphemism.

   Antonym: uneuphemistic

   • 1988, Robert Jackall, “Chapter 1: Moral Probations, Old and New”, in Moral Mazes: The World of Corporate Managers, Twentieth Anniversary edition, →ISBN, page 14:

     Taking these cues, I rewrote and rewrote the proposal couching my problem in the bland, euphemistic language that I was rapidly learning is the lingua franca of the corporate world.

Derived terms

• euphemistically
• uneuphemistic

Translations

of euphemism

Asturian: eufemísticu Catalan: eufemístic Chinese: Mandarin: 委婉的 (wéiwǎnde), 婉言 (zh) (wǎn yán) Czech: eufemistický Danish: forskønnende, eufemistisk Finnish: kaunisteleva, eufemistinen (fi) French: euphémique (fr) Galician: eufemístico m German: beschönigend (de) (linguistics), verhüllend (de) (linguistics), euphemistisch (de) (linguistics, elevated style) Hungarian: eufemisztikus (hu) Italian: eufemistico (it) Japanese: 婉曲の (えんきょくの, enkyoku no), 遠回しの (とおまわしの, tōmawashi no) Korean: 완곡(婉曲)하다 (wan'gokhada) Latin: euphemisticus Polish: eufemistyczny (pl) Portuguese: eufemístico (pt) Russian: эвфемисти́ческий (ru) (evfemistíčeskij) Spanish: eufemístico (es) Tagalog: pahimanin Welsh: mwytheiriol, llednais (cy)