EUPHEMISMUS
PERIPHRASIS which embellishes a concept so as to avoid inappropriate language.
Hypernym
- PERIPHRASISANOMIA in which an author uses typically elaborate alternative descrition rather than brief specialised terminology to express a given meaning.
- ANOMIARHETORICAL STYLE of breaking norms, conventions or regular patterns of a
language.
- RHETORICAL
STYLE體裁詞格 RHETORICAL DEVICE which is mainly concerned with matters of style of
presentation rather than distribution of expressions or semantic
structure.
- RHETORICAL
DEVICE詞格 METHOD of adorning discourse.
- RHETORICAL
DEVICE詞格 METHOD of adorning discourse.
- RHETORICAL
STYLE體裁詞格 RHETORICAL DEVICE which is mainly concerned with matters of style of
presentation rather than distribution of expressions or semantic
structure.
- Dictionary of Literary Devices. Gradus, A-Z
(
DUPRIEZ
1991)
p.
177 - Historisches Woerterbuch der Rhetorik
(
UEDING
1992ff)
p.
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