title: Taboo. Political correctness. Euphemism. Correlation of concepts
abstract: The inspiration source for writing this article became the detected in scientific literature fusion of terms and concepts denoted by them. The object of this research is the concepts of &amp;ldquo;taboo&amp;rdquo;, &amp;ldquo;political correctness&amp;rdquo; and &amp;ldquo;euphemism&amp;rdquo;. The subjects is the key characteristics: functional and semantic peculiarities that allow correlating these concepts. The analysis captures the contamination of dictionary definitions, as well as examples
journal: Филология научные исследования