| NOMBRE | communication | litote, atenuación, lítote, meiosis | understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary) |
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| Sentido | understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary). | |
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| Sinónimos | atenuación, lítote, meiosis | |
| General | atenuación, eufemismo, lítote | A statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said |
| figura retórica | A use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | |
| Inglés | litotes, meiosis | |
| Catalán | lítote | |
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