单词 | dysphemism |
释义 | dysphemismn. The substitution of an unpleasant or derogatory word or expression for a pleasant or inoffensive one; also, a word or expression so used; opposed to euphemism n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [noun] > euphemism > dysphemism abaser1589 tapinosis1589 dysphemism1884 1884 L. A. Tollemache Safe Stud. 142 The great system which Comte, and other assailants, call by the euphemism, or dysphemism, of Catholicism. 1927 A. Carnoy La Science du Mot xxii. 351 Le dysphémisme..est impitoyable, brutal, moqueur. Il est une réaction contre le pédantisme, la raideur et la prétention, mais aussi contre la noblesse et la dignité dans le langage.] 1933 John o' London's Weekly 7 Oct. Professor Carnoy, the distinguished French philologist, has coined the word ‘dysphemism’ as a set-off to ‘euphemism’, to which it is directly opposed... ‘It consists, above all, in the substitution for dignified or simply normal terms, of expressions borrowed from spheres more vulgar, familiar, and joyous.’ 1940 E. Partridge in S.P.E. Tract (Soc. for Pure Eng.) No. LV. 181 A minor species of dysphemism is the pejorative suffix, as in ‘robustious’. 1962 John o' London's 14 June 583/1 ‘Robber’ may also be one of those political dysphemisms used to discredit a nationalist rebel. Derivatives dyspheˈmistic adj. of the nature of or containing such an expression. ΚΠ 1955 Archivum Linguisticum 7 159 Mothers addressing their babies as Sübling etc., are clearly unaware of the dysphemistic force of the suffix. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1884 |
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