Litotes

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Category: Communication

Foundational Lexiconunderstating by negative
Executive Parlancenegative assertion
Scholarly Discourseaffirmative denial
Babel ZenithLitotes
Origin: Greek/Rhetoric
Pronunciation: /laɪˈtoʊtiːz/

Etymology & Meaning

Understatement by negating the opposite.

In the Boardroom

That wasn't bad (meaning it was quite good).

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