There also exist some other ways to classify euphemisms。 In terms of using frequency, there are general euphemism and temporary euphemism; in terms of prevailing time, there are euphemisms in Middle Ages, in Victorian, in Twentieth century and contemporary euphemism; in terms of different areas, there are political euphemism, economic euphemism, hospital euphemism, etc。; in terms of using purpose, there are self-protecting euphemism, altruistic euphemism and encompassing euphemism; in terms of whether it is used in speech or in text, there are verbal euphemism and non-verbal euphemism。

2。3。2 Classification of Political Euphemism

Most of the standards of euphemisms listed above are, to some extent, subjective, which means that those kinds of euphemisms are mainly determined by the participants in certain contexts, which may also pose a problem that some people do not understand the real meaning。 Therefore, based on the formation of political euphemism, an objective classification of political euphemism is made，which includes three basic categories——political euphemism on the lexical level, political euphemism on the grammatical level, and political euphemism on the textual level。