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