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litotes

1 antonym for litotes — opposites grouped by meaning.

Noun — A way of speaking in which you show something is true by denying its opposite.

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A learned borrowing from Late Latin lītotēs, taken from Ancient Greek λιτότης (litótēs, literally “plainness”), which comes from λιτός (litós, “simple”).

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