The final solution phrase came to name exactly what it concealed

Evidence

Nazism’s best known “euphemism,” may be the most significant example. The “final solution” is a phrase that has come to name quite precisely what it was meant to conceal. — Gil Anidjar, The Jew, the Arab, 678 (#expands, via linked claim)

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  • XREF: connects to: The ‘final solution’ euphemism now names precisely what it concealed — Gil Anidjar, The Jew, the Arab: A History of the…, 678; Euphemisms meant to conceal can come to name exactly what they hid — Gil Anidjar, The Jew, the Arab: A History of the…, 678

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