| 单词 | dysphemism |
| 释义 | dysphemism|ˈdɪsfɪmɪz(ə)m|
[f. dys- + -phemism as in euphemism; cf. F. dysphémisme.]
The substitution of an unpleasant or derogatory word or expression for a pleasant or inoffensive one; also, a word or expression so used; opp. euphemism. Hence dyspheˈmistic a., of the nature of or containing such an expression.
1884L. A. Tollemache Safe Studies 142 The great system which Comte, and other assailants, call by the euphemism, or dysphemism, of Catholicism. [1927A. 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.] 1933John o' London's 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.’ 1940E. Partridge in S.P.E. Tract lv. 181 A minor species of dysphemism is the pejorative suffix, as in ‘robustious’. 1955Archivum Linguisticum VII. 159 Mothers addressing their babies as Sübling etc., are clearly unaware of the dysphemistic force of the suffix. 1962John o' London's 14 June 583/1 ‘Robber’ may also be one of those political dysphemisms used to discredit a nationalist rebel. |
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