An Analysis of Euphemism and Dysphemism on Jakarta Post Newspaper

This study is entitled “An Analysis of Euphemism and Dysphemism on Jakarta Post Newspaper”. The analysis was carried out based on Allan and Burridge's theory which divided euphemisms into thirteen types, namely metaphor, idiom, circumlocution, acronyms and abbreviations, general-for-specific, hyperbole, litotes, learning terms or technical jargon, rejection, dysphemism, euphemism, metonymy, synecdoche and associative engineering. Allan and Burridge divide dysphemism into nine types, namely synecdoche, dysphemistic epithetism, euphemistic dysphemism, dysphemistic euphemism, "-ist" dysphemism, name dysphemism, name dysphemism, dysphemism, and homosexual dysphemism. Euphemisms and dysphemism published in March, 5 up to 12, 2020 became the unit of analysis. The results of this study indicate that the dominant euphemism used in rubric opinion is idiom, acronym and abbreviation. then the dominant dysphemism is dysphemistic euphemis