understatement

Significado (Inglês)

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.

Conceitos

eufemismo

meias-palavras

atenuação

contenção

mitigação

meia verdade

Oposto de

auxesis, hyperbole, exaggeration, overstatement

Sinônimos

underestimation

belittlement

debasement

decrease

decrement

deflation

depletion

derogation

deterioration

detraction

devaluation

diminution

disparagement

litotes

mitigation

reduction

shrinkage

abatement

disparagment

Traduções

litote

Untertreibung

υποτίμιση

affermazione inadeguata

euphémisme

μείωση

υποτίμηση

υποτιμητική έκθεση

υποτιμητική ομιλία

adoucissement

peu dire

litote

understatement

litotes

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˌʌndəˈsteɪtmənt/

Etimologia (Inglês)

From under- + statement or understate + -ment.