Question

​__________ may be used to express your thoughts in milder terms and to avoid negative or unfriendly connotations.

Answer 1

Answer:

Euphemism

Explanation:

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'' EUPHEMISM may be used to express your thoughts in milder terms and to avoid negative or unfriendly connotations.''

Euphemism is a literary terms to express idioms. Euphemism is used in English language to avoid saying things that are abusive or things that are not polite, in other words, Euphemism is used in masking statements that are perceived to be rude. The most common use of Euphemism is given in the Example below;

==> My laundry man Kicked the bucket this morning.

The statement above simply means that the man doing my laundry for me died this morning.