Questão 04ad9f1b-60
Prova:UERJ 2011
Disciplina:Inglês
Assunto:Aspectos linguísticos | Linguistic aspects, Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

A euphemism is a mild, indirect or vague expression used instead of one considered offensive, harsh or blunt. It may be used to hide unpleasant or disturbing ideas.

According to the definition above, the expression “genetic engineering” can be considered a euphemism because:

A
it describes benign genetic activities
B
it is synonymous with “genetically modified”
C
it obscures the indiscriminate mixing of genes
D
it refers to monstrous experiments with genes

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