Figures of Speech – Euphemism
What is Euphemism?
Euphemism is used to express a mild, indirect, or vague term to substitute for a harsh, blunt, or offensive term. Euphemism is often contrasted with dysphemism. Some euphemisms intend to amuse, while others intend to give positive appearances to negative events or even mislead entirely.
Examples:
These are examples of euphemism:
- Going to the other side for death,
- Do it or come together in reference to a sexual act.
- Passed away for die.
- On the streets for homeless.
- Adult entertainment for pornography.
- Comfort woman for prostitute
- Between jobs for unemployed.
List of Figures of Speech in the English Language – Literary Devices |
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| Accumulation | Climax | Metalepsis |
| Adjunction | Dysphemism | Metaphor |
| Adnomination | Ellipsis | Metonymy |
| Alliteration | Euphemism | Simile |
| Allusion | Epigram | Synecdoche |
| Anaphora | Epiphora (or epistrophe) | Tautology |
| Antanaclasis | Hyperbole | Understatement |
| Anticlimax | Hypophora | Zeugma and syllepsis |
| Antiphrasis | Irony | |
| Antithesis | Litotes | |
| Apostrophe | Oxymoron | |
| Assonance | Personification | |
| Cataphora | Puns | |
| Chiasmus | Merism | |
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