Litotes
Litotes noun - Understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary).
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Simile
Simile noun - A figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or `as').
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Simile and Litotes. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/litotes/simile
Litotes & Simile. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/litotes/simile>.
Simile or Litotes. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/litotes/simile.
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