litotes

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Conceptos

atenuación

litotes

litote

Opuesto a

hyperbole

Sinónimos

meiosis

euphemism

understatement

Traducciones

litote

litote

Litotes

lítote

litotes

litotes

υποτίμιση

euphémisme

méiose

affirmation en dessous de la vérité

amoindrissement des faits

eufemismo

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/laɪˈtəʊ.tiːz/

Etimología (Inglés)

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