Litotes
Litotes noun - Understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary).
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Synonyms for Litotes
Ornaments
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Ornaments and Litotes. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/litotes/ornaments
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