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What does euphemism mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word euphemism? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. (uncountable) The use of a word or phrase to replace another with one that is considered less offensive, blunt or vulgar than the word or phrase which it replaces.
  2. (countable) A word or phrase that is used to replace another in this way.
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New Russian is a euphemism for black-market pimp, smuggler, gangster, any tough young man with capitalist cash, and there are lots of them.
Large bureaucracies seem to inherently foster a culture that favours circumlocution, jargon and euphemism.
Civic action is a euphemism for psy-war operations, propaganda and intelligence gathering.
Reform is a polite euphemism for forcing banks to close out bad loans, enforce bankruptcy, and require layoffs of excess workers.
The danger is of subsiding into a world of flavourless, colourless euphemism, leaving behind the robustness of good English.
By the use of that euphemism it is assumed you seek to address those lukewarm, apathetic or lapsed individuals who think as you do.

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