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What is the noun for euphemize?

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euphemism
  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.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Reform is a polite euphemism for forcing banks to close out bad loans, enforce bankruptcy, and require layoffs of excess workers.”
      “It was like a euphemism for a dirty word, he'd rather people'd just said the word than try to make it seem nicer.”
      “The danger is of subsiding into a world of flavourless, colourless euphemism, leaving behind the robustness of good English.”
euphemizer
  1. One who, or that which, euphemizes.
euphemiser
  1. Alternative form of euphemizer
euphemist
  1. One who uses euphemisms.
  2. Examples:
    1. “If Agassi is a professional euphemist, Grosjean had no such inhibitions where stating the truth is concerned.”
euphemisers
  1. plural of euphemiser
euphemizers
  1. plural of euphemizer
euphemisms
  1. plural of euphemism
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “And now he's leading the struggle, armed with an acoustic guitar and a variety of euphemisms for the female reproductive system.”
      “It has a huge number of synonyms, ranging from coy euphemisms to joking proxies, to coarse vulgarities.”
      “He needed to learn to let bygones be bygones, burry the hatchet, forgive and forget, and all those other euphemisms my mom was so fond of.”
euphemists
  1. plural of euphemist
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