euphemism
noun[CorU]
languageuk/ˈjuː.fə.mɪ.zəm/us/ˈjuː.fə.mɪ.zəm/a word or phrase used toavoidsaying anunpleasantoroffensiveword:
委婉语，委婉说法"Seniorcitizen" is a euphemismfor"oldperson".“年长公民”是“老年人”的委婉说法。
Thearticlemade so much use of euphemism that oftenitsmeaningwasunclear.这篇文章用了太多的委婉语，以至于意思常常不甚明了。
Digressing and being indirect or evasive
- bury the ledeidiom
- candy coat
- candy coating
- candy-coated
- circumlocutory
- equivocate
- hedge
- hedging
- implicit
- implicitly
- indirectly
- lede
- mincing
- move offsomething/on (tosomething)
- obfuscate
- obscure
- sanitize
- sidestep
- stray
- veil
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Polite and respectful