WordNet: litoteesi

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 vaikuttamaan pyrkivä keino

litoteesi

• (englanti) litotes (synonyymi)

• (englanti) meiosis (synonyymi; <unconfirmed/>)