(n.) A way of describing an offensive thing by an inoffensive expression; a mild name for something disagreeable\.

Gongorism affectation affectedness amelioration artfulness artifice artificiality cushioning elegance euphuism exquisiteness formalism formality goody-goodness goody-goodyism hyperelegance indirect manneredness mannerism mild mitigation mollification overelaboration overelegance overniceness overpreciseness overrefinement pedantry preciosity preciousness precisianism pretentiousness purism substitution unnaturalness vague