dysphemism in English
noun
1
a derogatory or unpleasant term used instead of a pleasant or neutral one, such as “loony bin” for “mental hospital.”.
Aside from this confusion, this use of homicide as a dysphemism for suicide obscures the singular depravity of suicide terrorism.
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2. Adage definition: a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people synonyms: locution, proverb, expression, byword, saw, saying antonyms: dysphemism, euphemism, misconstruction