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, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/litotes/parallel
Litotes & Parallel. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/litotes/parallel>.
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