Euphuisms
Litotes
Litotes noun - Understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary).
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- devices and euphuisms
- devices and litotes
- flowers and euphuisms
- flowers and litotes
- parallels and euphuisms
- parallels and litotes
- expressions and euphuisms
- expressions and litotes
- ornaments and euphuisms
- ornaments and litotes
- metaphors and euphuisms
- metaphors and litotes
- images and euphuisms
- images and litotes
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Litotes and Euphuisms. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/euphuisms/litotes
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