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meiosis

How to sign: 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";

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Similiar / Same: litotes

Categories: rhetorical device, understatement

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