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litotes
/'laɪtə,tiz/
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noun
understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)
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"saying `I was not a little upset' when you mean `I was very upset' is an example of litotes"
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rhetorical device
understatement
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overstatement
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