Assertion: litotes | /r/HasProperty | lie-toh-tees
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Source sentences:
text: Litotes (lie-TOH-tees) is an expression that affirms an idea by contradicting its negative.
text: Litotes (LIE-tuh-teez)
text: Litotes (lye-tuh-teez) occurs when a speaker avoids making an affirmative claim directly and instead denies its opposite.