WordNet: litotes, meiosis

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

• hypernym understatement

• hypernym rhetorical device

litotes

• (suomi) litoteesi (synonyymi)

meiosis

• (suomi) litoteesi (synonyymi; <unconfirmed/>)