Euphemism - Revision history

Dataclarifier: /* See also */ added Circumlocution and Obfuscate - all the preceding edits related to these topics are incidental occurences during my casual review of Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative Version) chapter Twenty-four

2019-10-24T14:05:10Z

See also: added Circumlocution and Obfuscate - all the preceding edits related to these topics are incidental occurences during my casual review of Harmony of the Gospel (Conservative Version) chapter Twenty-four

Dataclarifier: added Category:Dictionary

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added Category:Dictionary

1990'sguy at 04:17, March 31, 2018

2018-03-31T04:17:08Z

DavidB4-bot: Spelling, grammar, and general cleanup

2016-10-28T16:58:09Z

Spelling, grammar, and general cleanup

Aschlafly: This may not be the best example, since "passed away" connotes moving on to the afterlife, while "died" does not carry that same connotation. Another example is to say that someone was "let go," rather than "fired".

2016-10-05T18:03:32Z

This may not be the best example, since "passed away" connotes moving on to the afterlife, while "died" does not carry that same connotation. Another example is to say that someone was "let go," rather than "fired".

Dataclarifier: example of euphemistic term used by liberal biblical textual critics

2016-07-30T06:50:01Z

example of euphemistic term used by liberal biblical textual critics

DavidB4-bot: /* See also */clean up & uniformity

2016-07-13T12:12:16Z

DavidB4-bot: /* See Also */clean up

2016-06-23T20:46:05Z

CamilleT: /* See Also */

2011-05-24T03:52:50Z

JonG: possible "see also"

2010-04-23T21:45:28Z

possible "see also"

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-A '''euphemism''' is the replacement of a direct statement of something potentially unpleasant with an indirect expression. For example, instead of stating that someone has "died", one might say that he has "passed away".
+A '''euphemism''' is the replacement of a direct statement of something potentially unpleasant with an indirect expression. For example, instead of stating that someone has "died", one might say that he has "passed away."<ref>This may not be the best example, since "passed away" connotes moving on to the afterlife, while "died" does not carry that same connotation.</ref>  Another example is to say that someone was "let go," rather than "fired".
-In [[hermeneutics]] the term "artistic license" is used by the less conservative, more liberal [[Historical-critical method (Higher criticism)|textual critics of the Bible]] as a euphemism for saying that the Gospel writers invented stories, embellished the truth, altered facts and lied.
+In [[hermeneutics]] the term "artistic license" is used by the less [[conservative]], more [[liberal]] [[Historical-critical method (Higher criticism)|textual critics of the Bible]] as a euphemism for saying that the Gospel writers invented stories, embellished the truth, altered facts and lied.
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		+	In [[hermeneutics]] the term "artistic license" is used by the less conservative, more liberal [[Historical-critical method (Higher criticism)\|textual critics of the Bible]] as a euphemism for saying that the Gospel writers invented stories, embellished the truth, altered facts and lied.

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