Assertion: litotes | /r/HasProperty | rhetorical figure
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text: Litotes, a rhetorical figure: denial of the opposite.
text: Litotes is a rhetorical device used in writing to understate something.
text: Litotes (according to not a few sources, it’s never used in the singular form) are a rhetorical understatement made by stating the negative of the opposite of what you’re trying to say.
text: Litotes, a rhetorical figure: denial of the opposite.