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li·to·tes
litotes
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- pronunciation:
- laI
t
tiz
[or]
laI
to
tiz
[or]
lI
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tiz
[or]
laI
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tiz
part of speech: |
noun |
inflections: |
litotes |
definition: |
in rhetoric, an understatement, esp. one expressed by a negation of an affirmative, as in "not the worst book I ever read".
- antonyms:
- exaggeration, hyperbole
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