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Meaning of litote



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More than an antiphrasis, is an understatement. The rhetorical figure " litote " It is named a quality by denying its opposite, and thus avoid a word that sounds inappropriate for the case.

  



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Alfredo Edgardo Alvarez Ahumada

LITOTE: WEAKEN OR CONFUSE AN IDEA IMPLYING THE OPPOSITE OF INTEREST IS INTENDED TO.UNDERSTATEMENTS.

  










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