Litotes
Litotes noun - Understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary).
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Rhetoric
Rhetoric noun - Language that is impressive-sounding but not meaningful or sincere.
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Litotes and rhetoric are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Litotes" instead a noun "Rhetoric".
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Rhetoric and Litotes. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/litotes/rhetoric
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