#Euphemistic-labelling
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peggysanders.bsky.social
Euphemistic Labelling (Score: 65/100)
“Labor’s rhetoric “transitional fuel” for gas “energy security,” obscured Woodside’s 4 billion tonnes CO₂e by 2070. Anthony Klan called this “cynical rebrand.” Social reforms were framed “building a fairer Australia,” Chalmers’ 2023 budget, downplaying costs.”
May 31, 2025 at 4:05 AM
siriusstar3.bsky.social
When Authoritarianism Wears a Respectable Suit
How authoritarianism disguises itself as reasonableness:
Moral Justification
Euphemistic Labelling
Displacement, Diffusion of Responsibility
Distortion of Consequences
Dehumanisation
Attribution of Blame
Advantageous Comparison
#Auspol #Genocide
Poster Wording The Danger of Elite Impunity Segal uses her influence to fund hate and shield it with respectability. This is what happens when unchecked wealth meets violent ideology.
January 11, 2026 at 8:22 AM
princessfloria.bsky.social
Pourquoi est-ce que les média euphémisent les titres de nouvelles? Est-ce que ça pourrait être une forme de manipulation? 🤔

Devrais-je être seule à boycotter les médias qui font ça systématiquement?

#Euphémismes dans les #média
#propagande #désinformation #manipulation #déni #désengagement-moral
Doublespeak is language that deliberately obscures, disguises, distorts, or reverses the meaning of words. Doublespeak may take the form of euphemisms (e.g., "downsizing" for layoffs and "servicing the target" for bombing), in which case it is primarily meant to make the truth sound more palatable. It may also refer to intentional ambiguity in language or to actual inversions of meaning. In such cases, doublespeak disguises the nature of the truth. Doublespeak is most closely associated with political language used by large entities such as corporations and governments. Purpose Avoidance Reasons for using euphemisms vary by context and intent. Commonly, euphemisms are used to avoid directly addressing subjects that might be deemed negative or embarrassing, such as death, sex, and excretory bodily functions. They may be created for innocent, well-intentioned purposes or nefariously and cynically, intentionally to deceive, confuse or deny. Euphemisms which emerge as dominant social euphemisms are often created to serve progressive causes. The Oxford University Press's Dictionary of Euphemisms identifies "late" as an occasionally ambiguous term, whose nature as a euphemism for dead and an adjective meaning overdue, can cause confusion in listeners. Mitigation Euphemisms are also used to mitigate, soften or downplay the gravity of large-scale injustices, war crimes, or other events that warrant a pattern of avoidance in official statements or documents. For instance, one reason for the comparative scarcity of written evidence documenting the exterminations at Auschwitz, relative to their sheer number, is "directives for the extermination process obscured in bureaucratic euphemisms". Another example of this is during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, where Russian President Vladimir Putin, in his speech starting the invasion, called the invasion a "special military operation". Euphemisms are sometimes used to lessen the opposition to a political move. For example, according to linguist Ghil'ad Zuckermann, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used the neutral Hebrew lexical item פעימות peimót (literally 'beatings (of the heart)'), rather than נסיגה nesigá ('withdrawal'), to refer to the stages in the Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank (see Wye River Memorandum), in order to lessen the opposition of right-wing Israelis to such a move. Peimót was thus used as a euphemism for 'withdrawal'. Euphemistic labelling Using euphemistic language to describe reprehensible conduct is another way that individuals can morally disengage from their moral standards. Language shapes individual thought forms which constitute the basis for courses of action. Activities can take on different "appearances" depending on what names are given or attached them. Euphemistic language is a means to make injurious and harmful behavior respectable and reduce responsibility for it from the person. With the help of intricate rephrasing, detrimental behaviour is made innocuous and acceptable, and people who are part of it are liberated from feeling sense of guilty. Adults are more likely to engage in aggressive conduct when the detrimental act is sanitized than when it is labelled as an aggression. There exists different varieties of euphemisms. One of them is dependent on sanitizing language. By disguising the deleterious with innocent wordings, the detrimental behaviour itself becomes more respectable. Soldiers "waste" people rather than kill them. Bombing missions are executed in the name of "servicing the target," and for the sake of public utility. Terrorists name themselves as "freedom fighters." The attacks are depicted as "clean, surgical strikes," and the victims are eloquently listed as "collateral damage." Sanitizing euphemism is also commonly used in less abominable daily activities that people perform every day. From the point of view of several government agencies, people are not laid off. Instead they are provided with a "career alternative enhancement", making it look like they are offered a job promotion. The lecturer may teach business students to rephrase lies in competitive business transactions for the sake of closing the deal as "strategic misrepresentation". The nuclear power industry has its own technical set of terms of euphemisms for the detrimental effects caused by nuclear mishaps to the public. An explosion is described as an "energetic dis-assembly," …
April 9, 2025 at 8:28 PM
malkintrash.eurosky.social
On nuance:
Moral Disengagement is the process of convincing ourselves normal ethical standards don’t apply to us in the situation we’re in. We thus avoid the “self-sanction” that would normally stop us doing something wrong. According to Albert Bandura of Stanford University: “Moral disengagement functions [..] through moral justification, euphemistic labelling, advantageous comparison, displacing or diffusing responsibility, disregarding or misrepresenting injurious consequences, and dehumanising the victim.”
September 25, 2024 at 1:04 PM
princessfloria.bsky.social
Concepts et références appuyant ton propos:

#Doublespeak
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doubles...

#Euphemistic-labelling et #MoralDisengagement
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_d...

#Euphemism
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euphemi...

#Euphemization
en.wiktionary.org/wiki/euphemi...

#propagande des #média, #génocide
Doublespeak - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
April 17, 2025 at 2:12 PM