06605046-n 'an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh';
 
Chinese (simplified) 委婉语
English euphemism ( )
Indonesian kiasan , eufemisme
Japanese 婉曲語法 , 婉曲法
Definitions
English
an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh
Japanese
攻撃的、または辛辣すぎると思われる表現の代わりに使用する、当たりさわりのない、または間接的な表現
Relations
Hypernym: saying
In Domain–Usage: asleep neutralization passing collateral_damage sanitation_department bowel_movement leak
Antonym: dysphemism
Semantic Field: communicationn
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SUMO: ⊂ LinguisticExpression

TempoWN: (Past: 0.000; Present: 0.000; Future: 0.196)

SentiWN: (+0.00 -0.25) MLSentiCon: (+0.50 -0.50)


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