Euphemism | Euphemism-Meaning, Definition & Illustration

Euphemism | Euphemism-Meaning, Definition & Illustration

Euphemism | Euphemism-Meaning, Definition & Illustration

Euphemism | Euphemism-Meaning, Definition & Illustration

Euphemism is a figure of speech that consists in saying something offensive, unpleasant, harsh or disagreeable in a pleasant,  softening or agreeable way. Examples:

1. He is ‘not quite exact in his statement’. (a liar)
2. Hari is ‘an imaginative person’. (a liar)
3. He has ‘passed away’. (he is dead)
4. He has ‘joined the great majoriy’. (is dead)
5. He is telling me a ‘fairy tale’ (a lie)
6. They ‘dropped down one by one’. (died) –Coleridge
7. He that’s coming must be ‘provided for’. (killed) –Shakespeare.
8. William is an ‘economically challanged’ person. (a poor person)
9. Jennie has left us for her ‘heavenly abode’. (has died). 0 0 0.

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N. B. The article ‘Euphemism | Euphemism-Meaning, Definition & Illustration‘ originally belongs to the book ‘The Rhetoric‘ by Menonim Menonimus.

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Books of Composition by M. Menonimus:

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5. Notice Writing
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7. The Art of Poster Writing
8. The Art of Letter Writing
9. Report Writing
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13. School Essays Part-II
14. School English Grammar Part-I
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