euphemistic
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[edit]euphemistic (comparative more euphemistic, superlative most euphemistic)
- 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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