English Dictionary

full deckism

名詞

(linguistics) A word or phrase used to euphemistically refer to another person's being crazy or deranged.

日本語の意味

他者の精神状態が正気でない、または狂っていることを、直接的でなく婉曲的に表現する言葉。

Her dismissal of dissenting opinions as mere full deckism frustrated the entire committee.

彼女が異論を単に「精神的に不安定だ」と決めつけて片付けたため、委員会全体が苛立ちました。

意味（1）

(linguistics) A word or phrase used to euphemistically refer to another person's being crazy or deranged.

The next time you need to make this point try using a full deckism. Full deckisms are euphemisms for saying that people are stupid or illogical — that they're not playing with a full deck.

full deckisms （ plural ）