Litotes
Litotes noun - Understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary).
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Tropes
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Tropes and Litotes. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/litotes/tropes
Litotes & Tropes. N.p., 2016. Web. 28 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/litotes/tropes>.
Tropes or Litotes. 2016. Accessed July 28, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/litotes/tropes.
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