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• A form of meiosis using a negative statement
• Understatement for rhetorical effect
• (Difficult words) understatement for rhetorical effect
• (Obscure words) understatement for rhetorical effect
• Understatement by affirming using negation of the contrary
• Stating a positive by negating the negative — a form of understatement
• A deliberate understatement, often designed to create a comic or sarcastic effect
• The use of understatement for effect (`He is no Einstein` = `He is a bit dim`)
• A figure of speech, conscious understatement in which emphasis is achieved by negation
• Understatement, for intensification, by denying the contrary of the thing being affirmed
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