understatement

Significado (Inglés)

1. (rhetoric, uncountable, usually) A figure of speech whereby something is made to seem smaller or less important than it actually is, either through phrasing or lack of emphasis, often for ironic effect.
2. (countable, usually) An instance of such phrasing or lack of emphasis; an incomplete statement.
3. (uncountable, usually) An incomplete disclosure that intentionally withholds relevant information.

Opuesto a

auxesis, hyperbole, exaggeration, overstatement

Sinónimos

underestimation

belittlement

debasement

decrease

decrement

deflation

depletion

derogation

deterioration

detraction

devaluation

diminution

disparagement

litotes

mitigation

reduction

shrinkage

abatement

disparagment

Traducciones

litote

Untertreibung

euphémisme

υποτίμιση

affermazione inadeguata

Unterbewertung

atenuació

υποτιμητική ομιλία

υποτιμητική έκθεση

Litotes

adoucissement

υποτίμηση

μείωση

lítote

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˌʌndəˈsteɪtmənt/

Etimología (Inglés)

From under- + statement or understate + -ment.