euphemism

innocuous word or expression used in place of one that may be found offensive or which the speaker wants to hide
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euphemism

Summary

euphemism is a stylistic device[1]. euphemism ranks in the top 7% of stylistic_device entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,782 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • euphemism's instance of is recorded as stylistic device[3].
  • euphemism's instance of is recorded as usage[4].
  • euphemism's instance of is recorded as deception[5].
  • euphemism's instance of is recorded as manipulation[6].
  • euphemism's instance of is recorded as Wikibase reason for deprecated rank[7].
  • euphemism's instance of is recorded as type of word or phrase[8].
  • euphemism's instance of is recorded as literature term[9].
  • euphemism is a type of word or phrase[10].
  • euphemism is part of hidden agenda[11].
  • euphemism is part of smoke and mirrors[12].
  • euphemism is part of political correctness[13].
  • euphemism is part of propaganda[14].
  • euphemism is part of irony[15].
  • euphemism is part of list of Wikidata reasons for deprecation[16].
  • euphemism's Commons category is recorded as Euphemisms[17].
  • euphemism is the opposite of dysphemism[18].
  • euphemism comprises understatement[19].
  • euphemism's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Euphemisms[20].
  • euphemism's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[21].
  • euphemism's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[22].
  • euphemism's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[23].
  • euphemism's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[24].
  • euphemism's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[25].
  • euphemism's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[26].
  • euphemism's described by source is recorded as Basque Literature Terms Dictionary[27].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include stylistic device[3], usage[4], deception[5], manipulation[6], Wikibase reason for deprecated rank[7], and type of word or phrase[8]. euphemism is a type of word or phrase[10]. euphemism is the opposite of dysphemism[18].

Use and Application

euphemism comprises understatement[19]. Part of include hidden agenda[11]; smoke and mirrors[12]; political correctness[13]; propaganda[14], a genre[28]; irony[15], a stylistic device[29]; and list of Wikidata reasons for deprecation[16], a Wikidata internal entity list[30]. Recorded used by include modes of persuasion[31], Nazism[32], public relations[33], and politics[34].

Why It Matters

euphemism ranks in the top 7% of stylistic_device entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,782 views/month).[2] euphemism has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] euphemism is known by 73 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . euskaltzaindia.eus. Retrieved . euskaltzaindia.eus. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [31] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [32] . wikidata.org.
  28. [33] . wikidata.org.
  29. [34] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id 0336249-eufemismy
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0336249-eufemismy, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259497|batch #259497]]"
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