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euphemistic

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From euphemism +‎ -tic.

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euphemistic (comparative more euphemistic, superlative most euphemistic)

  1. Of or pertaining to euphemism.
    Antonym: uneuphemistic
    • 1988, Robert Jackall, “Chapter 1: Moral Probations, Old and New”, in Moral Mazes: The World of Corporate Managers, Twentieth Anniversary edition, →ISBN, page 14:
      Taking these cues, I rewrote and rewrote the proposal couching my problem in the bland, euphemistic language that I was rapidly learning is the lingua franca of the corporate world.

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