PHIL 158 Study Guide - Dysphemism, Scapegoating, Euphemism
1 Dec 2013
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An agreeable or inoffensive expression that is substituted for an expression that may offend the hearer or suggest something unpleasant. Used to produce a negative effect on a listener"s or reader"s attitude toward something or tone down the positive associations it may have. Use emotively charged language to express or elicit an attitude about something. An explanation intended to influence attitudes or affect behaviour. Thought or image about a group of people based on little or no evidence. Getting a point across without explicitly committing oneself to it. A passing over with brief mention so as to emphasize the suggestiveness of what is omitted. Rests on one or more unwarranted or unjustified assumptions. Linguistic methods of hedging a bet; help protect a claim from criticism by watering it down somewhat, weakening it, and giving the claim"s author a way out in case the claim is challenged. An attempt to make someone or something look less important or less significant.
