DYSPHEMISM


Meaning of DYSPHEMISM in English

[dys.phe.mism] n [dys- + -phemism (as in euphemism)] (1884): the substitution of a disagreeable, offensive, or disparaging expression for an agreeable or inoffensive one; also: an expression so substituted -- dys.phe.mis.tic adj

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