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Line 1: − The use of one word to replace another to respect the sensibilities of the listener. Examples include 'darn' and 'fiddlesticks'.+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
→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
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.
==See also==
*[[Hyperbole]]
*[[Political Correctness]]
*[[Liberal euphemisms]]
*[[Circumlocution]]
*[[Obfuscate]]
==References==
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