Category:Swedish figures of speech
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Swedish terms whose interpretation is not strictly literal, but are used in figurative ways or for special effect.
- Category:Swedish dysphemisms: Swedish dysphemisms (offensive, vulgar or otherwise negative terms used in place of a neutral alternative).
- Category:Swedish euphemisms: Swedish terms that indirectly refer to something unpleasant or controversial.
- Category:Swedish hyperboles: Swedish terms used as exaggerations for emphasis, rather than being taken literally.
- Category:Swedish idioms: Swedish phrases understood by subjective, as opposed to literal meanings.
- Category:Swedish litotes: Swedish litotical expressions or terms commonly used in litotes (stating something by denying its opposite).
- Category:Swedish proverbs: Swedish phrases popularly known as representations of common sense.
- Category:Swedish sarcastic terms: Swedish terms that are used sarcastically.
- Category:Swedish similes: Swedish figures of speech in which one thing is compared to another.
Subcategories
This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total.
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- Swedish dysphemisms (0 c, 1 e)
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- Swedish hyperboles (0 c, 1 e)
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- Swedish idioms (0 c, 719 e)
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- Swedish litotes (0 c, 3 e)
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- Swedish proverbs (0 c, 85 e)
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- Swedish sarcastic terms (0 c, 4 e)
- Swedish similes (0 c, 50 e)