Litotes
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /laɪˈtəʊ.tiːz/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Litotes is a noun meaning (rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby something is stated by denying its opposite.
Meaning
(rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby something is stated by denying its opposite.
Example Sentences
The delicacy which prompts a later generation to reject that name is by no means necessarily a result of stricter habits, is far more often due to the flatness which comes of untiring repetition and to the greater piquancy of litotes.
Synonyms for litotes
Depending on context, synonyms include antenantiosis, meiosis, moderatour.
Antonyms for litotes
Common opposites include hyperbole.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include meiosis, enantiosis, antistasis, oxymoron, contrast, antithesis.
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