litotes

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

litote

eufemismo

Opposto di

hyperbole

sinonimi

meiosis

euphemism

understatement

Traduzioni

litote

Litotes

lítote

litotes

litotes

atenuación

litotes

υποτίμιση

euphémisme

Understatement

méiose

affirmation en dessous de la vérité

amoindrissement des faits

Untertreibung

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/laɪˈtəʊ.tiːz/

Etimologia (Inglese)

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