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hedge (linguistics)
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Hedge (linguistics)
A
hedge
is a mitigating word or sound used to lessen the impact of an utterance. Typically, they are
adjectives
or
adverbs
, but can also consist of
clauses
. It could be regarded as a form of
euphemism
.
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