euphemistic
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Even former president Tsai was careful to refer to China in euphemistic terms like “the other side of the strait” or “the Beijing authorities”.
From BBC ● May 23, 2024
In Canada, the target reduction is 20 percent, and to coax people into joining the effort, the government’s Department of Citizen Strategy has come up with language as euphemistic as its name.
From New York Times ● Apr. 25, 2024
Translating this phrase too literally into English blunts its violence, making it sound old-fashioned or euphemistic when Ovid’s language is neither.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 8, 2022
“There’s a lot of euphemistic use and purposeful mixing of ‘Spanish’ versus Mexican origins of recipes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2022
The question of definition isn’t restricted to using emotive or euphemistic language.
From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith
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