litotes

Betekenis (Engels)

1. (countable, rhetoric, uncountable) A figure of speech whereby something is stated by denying its opposite.
2. (countable, especially, rhetoric, uncountable) A figure of speech whereby something is stated by denying its opposite.

Teenoorgestelde van

hyperbole

Sinonieme

meiosis

euphemism

understatement

Vertalings

litote

litote

Litotes

lítote

atenuación

litotes

litotes

litotes

euphémisme

Understatement

méiose

affirmation en dessous de la vérité

amoindrissement des faits

eufemismo

Untertreibung

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/laɪˈtəʊ.tiːz/

Etimologie (Engels)

Learned borrowing from Late Latin lītotēs, from Ancient Greek λιτότης (litótēs, literally “plainness”), from λιτός (litós, “simple”).