Assertion: litotes | /r/HasProperty | deliberate understatement
Facets:
value: with the intention of emphasis
type: PURPOSE
value: always
type: DEGREE
value: to make a point
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Litotes (li-to’-tees): Deliberate understatement, especially when expressing a thought by denying its opposite.
text: Litotes is a form of understatement, more specifically meiosis, and is always deliberate with the intention of emphasis.
text: Litotes is a deliberate understatement, usually saying that an object is "not" something.
text: Litotes is deliberate understatement also to make a point.
text: Litotes is deliberate understatement also to make a point.
text: Litotes is a form of understatement, more specifically meiosis, and is always deliberate with the intention of emphasis.
text: Litotes is a form of understatement and is always deliberate with the intention of emphasis.