Echoism
Litotes
Litotes noun - Understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary).
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- device and echoism
- device and litotes
- exaggeration and echoism
- exaggeration and litotes
- metaphor and echoism
- metaphor and litotes
- antithesis and echoism
- antithesis and litotes
- hyperbole and echoism
- hyperbole and litotes
- simile and echoism
- simile and litotes
- adumbration and echoism
- adumbration and litotes
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