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litotes

[ˈlaɪtəʊˌtiːz] n
stresses
gen. литота (стилистический приём, противоположный гиперболе); смягчение (риторическая фигура)
ling. литота
rhetor. 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)
 English thesaurus
litotes [ˈlaɪtəʊˌtiːz] n
lit. Used in rhetoric. An understatement which employs a negative expression as a positive.

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