~ (for sth) an indirect word or phrase that people often use to refer to sth embarrassing or unpleasant, sometimes to make it seem more acceptable than it really is:
'Pass away' is a euphemism for 'die'. * 'User fees' is just a politician's euphemism for taxes.
euphemistic :
euphemistic language * 'We're letting you go' is a euphemistic way of saying 'You're fired.'
euphemistically adverb:
The prison camps were euphemistically called 'retraining centres'.
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Is euphemism a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, euphemism is tagged as noun.
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