Litotes
Litotes noun - Understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary).
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Parallel and Litotes. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/litotes/parallel
Litotes & Parallel. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/litotes/parallel>.
Parallel or Litotes. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/litotes/parallel.
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