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understatement

/,əndə'steɪtmənt/

Synonyms of understatement Antonyms of understatement Examples of understatement Usage of understatement Parts of understatement Definition that contains understatement Words sounding like understatement Explanation of understatement

noun
a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said
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Opposite:

overstatement

type of:
statement

Definition that contains understatement

meiosis understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)
litotes understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)