litotes

Bedeutung (Englisch)

  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.

Gegenteil von
hyperbole
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/laɪˈtəʊ.tiːz/
Etymologie (Englisch)

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

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