In rhetoric, litotes (/laɪˈtoʊtiːz, ˈlaɪtətiːz/, US: /ˈlɪtətiːz/), also known classically as antenantiosis or moderatour, is a figure of speech and form...

standard meaning, such as describing a bad situation as "good times". Litotes – A figure of speech and form of verbal irony in which understatement is...

humor. A particular form of understatement using negative syntax is called litotes. This is not to be confused with euphemism, where a polite phrase is used...

really is. Meiosis is the opposite of auxesis, and is often compared to litotes. The term is derived from the Greek μειόω ("to make smaller", "to diminish")...

of the positive ("I'm feeling well"). The rhetorical term for this is litotes. When two negatives are used in one independent clause, in standard English...

is. Some authors treat and use antiphrasis just as irony, euphemism or litotes. When the antiphrasal use is very common, the word can become an auto-antonym...

The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase is a non-fiction book by Mark Forsyth published in 2013. The book explains classical...

at the ears! Adynaton, an impossible form of hyperbole Figure of speech Litotes and meiosis, forms of deliberate understatement Tautology (language) "hyperbole"...

encompass various other literary devices such as hyperbole and its opposite, litotes, conscious naïveté, and others. Dramatic irony provides the audience with...

overcoming hardships. The metaphors in her poetry serve as "coding", or litotes, for meanings understood by other Blacks, but her themes and topics apply...

metonymy, synecdoche, and irony (the master tropes), and also hyperbole, litotes, and metalepsis. To this list we could easily add aporia, chiasmus, and...

Catacosmesis, a form of anticlimax Figure of speech Banter Meiosis and litotes, the opposite of auxesis in its hyperbolic sense Rhetoric Trash-talk, insulting...

from her" to "I saw no shadow of another parting from her". As Pip uses litotes, "no shadow of another parting", it is ambiguous whether Pip and Estella...

Internal rhyme: using two or more rhyming words in the same sentence. Litotes: an understatement achieved by negating the opposite statement, such as...

The primitive koa finch (Rhodacanthis litotes) is an extinct species of Hawaiian honeycreeper in the subfamily Carduelinae of the family Fringillidae...

used to, is frequently a difficulty in producing a readable translation. Litotes is a form of dramatic understatement employed by the author for ironic...

specific place, postpone; guide direction, movement) -onym Antithesis Litotes Property (philosophy) Semantic differential Thesaurus Incompatibility can...

look for the origins of Renard's skepticism and irony, his skill in using litotes, his dense and precise styles. The story of "Poil de carotte" is that of...

contradictory. This distinction also arises in natural language in the form of litotes. In Hilbert-style deductive systems for propositional logic, double negation...

or similar as understatements ("not unappealing", "not bad", etc.) see litotes. Languages have a variety of grammatical rules for converting affirmative...

pairs of collocation in which the order of the words cannot be reversed Litotes, a form of understatement for emphasis Merism, a figure of speech in which...

Notation Double Entry Litotes Metaphorically Retrograde Surprises Dream Prognostication Synchysis The Rainbow Word Game Hesitation Precision The Subjective...

itself the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire." Litotes Meiosis (figure of speech) Cuddon, J.A., ed. The Penguin Dictionary of...

enjambments, alliterations, apostrophes, synecdoches, anastrophes and a litotes. Romano Luperini, Pietro Catadi, Lidia Marchiani, Franco Marchese, Il nuovo...

used by specific group. Kairos – "timing" or "the right circumstances". Litotes – stating a positive by negating the negative; a form of understatement...

is quite common in Quebec French to describe something positive using litotes, such as pas laid (not ugly) for beautiful or pas pire (not worst) for...

wordplay such as understatement and double negatives; understatement (litotes) is used at least 94 times in the Anglo-Saxon epic poem Beowulf, a "high...

it"). (Rhetorically, this becomes the device of litotes; it can be difficult to distinguish litotes from pleonastic double negation, a feature which...

James & Olson, 2005 – scissor-billed koa-finch (prehistoric) Rhodacanthis litotes James & Olson, 2005 – primitive koa-finch (prehistoric) Rhodacanthis palmeri...

significance. Burnet (1920), p. 97 This rhetorical technique is known as litotes, a form of understatement that uses a negative to emphasize a positive...