Conceit
Litotes
Litotes noun - Understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary).
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Litotes and Conceit. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/conceit/litotes
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