Rhetoric. G. Puttenham's name for: the figure of speech tapinosis (tapinosis, n.); depreciatory phraseology. Obsolete. rare.
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| 释义 | society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [noun] > euphemism > dysphemism (3) abaser1589 Rhetoric. G. Puttenham's name for: the figure of speech tapinosis (tapinosis, n.); depreciatory phraseology. Obsolete. rare. tapinosis1589 (See quots., and cf. diminution, n. 2b.) dysphemism1884 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… |
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