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dysphemism
Overview of noun dysphemism
The noun dysphemism has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. dysphemism -- (an offensive or disparaging expression that is substituted for an inoffensive one; "his favorite dysphemism was to ask for axle grease when he wanted butter")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun dysphemism
1 sense of dysphemism
Sense 1
dysphemism
=> saying, expression, locution
=> speech, speech communication, spoken communication, spoken language, language, voice communication, oral communication
=> auditory communication
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun dysphemism
1 sense of dysphemism
Sense 1
dysphemism
=> bus, jalopy, heap
=> old man
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun dysphemism
1 sense of dysphemism
Sense 1
dysphemism
=> saying, expression, locution
Antonyms of noun dysphemism
1 sense of dysphemism
Sense 1
dysphemism
Antonym of euphemism (Sense 1)
=>euphemism
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Attributes of noun dysphemism
Derived Forms of noun dysphemism
1 sense of dysphemism
Sense 1
dysphemism
RELATED TO>(adj) dysphemistic#1
=> dysphemistic, offensive
Domain of noun dysphemism
Domain Terms of noun dysphemism
Familiarity of noun dysphemism
dysphemism used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun dysphemism
1 sense of dysphemism
Sense 1
dysphemism
> saying, expression, locution
=> Beatitude
=> logion
=> calque, calque formation, loan translation
=> advice and consent
=> ambiguity
=> euphemism
=> dysphemism
=> shucks
=> tongue twister
=> anatomical reference, anatomical
=> southernism
=> motto, slogan, catchword, shibboleth
=> maxim, axiom
=> epigram, quip
=> proverb, adage, saw, byword
=> idiom, idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, set phrase, phrase
=> agrapha
=> sumpsimus
Meronyms of noun dysphemism
1 sense of dysphemism
Holonyms of noun dysphemism
Grep of noun dysphemism
dysphemism
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