Meiosis
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /maɪˈəʊ.sɪs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Meiosis is a noun meaning (countable, uncountable, rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby something is made to seem smaller or less important than it actually is.
Meaning
(countable, uncountable, rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby something is made to seem smaller or less important than it actually is.
More Meanings
- (usually uncountable, cytology) Cell division of a diploid cell into four haploid cells, which develop to produce gametes.
Example Sentences
I knew, with one of those secret knowledges that can exist between two people, that her suicide was a direct result of my having told her of my own attempt – I had told it with a curt meiosis that was meant to conceal depths; and she had called my bluff one final time.
Word Forms
- meioses
Synonyms for meiosis
Depending on context, synonyms include understatement, litotes.
Antonyms for meiosis
Common opposites include hyperbole, overstatement, exaggeration, auxesis.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include litotes, gametic, zygotic, microsporocyte, understatement, metaphore.
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