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Definition of: litotes
(lī′tə·tēz, -tō-, lit′ə-) noun
A rhetorical figure in which an assertion is made by means of negation or understatement; ironic understatement. Example: a fact of no small importance (i.e., of very great importance). See MEIOSIS. [<NL <Gk. litotēs <litos simple, spare]
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