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литота (a figure of speech and form of verbal irony in which understatement is used to emphasize a point by stating a negative to further affirm a positive, often incorporating double negatives for effect. Litotes is a form of understatement, • It wasn't unpleasant. Not bad.  wikipedia.org) | |||
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| Used in rhetoric. An understatement which employs a negative expression as a positive. | |||
