Defenition of the word litotes

• Defenition of the word litotes

  • understatement, esp. expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary
  • understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary); "saying `I was not a little upset'' when you mean `I was very upset'' is an example of litotes"
  • understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)

Synonyms for the word litotes

• • meiosis

Hypernyms for the word litotes

• • rhetorical device
  • understatement

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