Litotes and Sarcasm

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Litotes

Litotes noun - Understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary).
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Sarcasm and litotes are semantically related. in turn of expression topic. In some cases you can use "Sarcasm" instead a noun "Litotes".

Sarcasm

Sarcasm noun - An act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings.
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Litotes and sarcasm are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Litotes" instead a noun "Sarcasm".
Nearby Words: sarcastic, sarcastically

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  • Series / Monty Python's Flying Circus Dinsdale Piranha is incredibly violent but his brother Doug is far more terrifying because he used...sarcasm.Luigi Vercotti: [visibly shaken] He knew all the tricks — dramatic irony, metaphor, bathos, puns, parody, litotes and satire.
    Source: Series / Monty Python's Flying Circus
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