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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". | ||
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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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Revision as of 06:50, July 30, 2016
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".
In hermeneutics the term "artistic license" is used by the less conservative, more liberal textual critics of the Bible as a euphemism for saying that the Gospel writers invented stories, embellished the truth, altered facts and lied.