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litotes litotes definition

litotes


 
  Grep  of  noun  litotes 
  litotes 
 
  Overview  of  noun  litotes 
 
  The  noun  litotes  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  litotes,  meiosis  --  (understatement  for  rhetorical  effect  (especially  when  expressing  an  affirmative  by  negating  its  contrary);  "saying  `I  was  not  a  little  upset'  when  you  mean  `I  was  very  upset'  is  an  example  of  litotes") 
 
  Overview  of  noun  litotes 
 
  The  noun  litotes  has  1  sense  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  litotes,  meiosis  --  (understatement  for  rhetorical  effect  (especially  when  expressing  an  affirmative  by  negating  its  contrary);  "saying  `I  was  not  a  little  upset'  when  you  mean  `I  was  very  upset'  is  an  example  of  litotes") 



litotes definition