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understatement

restraint or lack of emphasis, especially for ironic effect

a disclosure or statement that is less than complete

- a figure of speech that says something less than is actually intended

a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said

{i} representing something less strongly than what the facts would justify, statement expressing something in a restrained manner

The act of understating, or the condition of being understated; that which is understated; a statement below the truth

The ironic minimizing of fact, understatement presents something as less significant than it is The effect can frequently be humorous

The opposite of hyperbole, understatement (or litotes) refers to a figure of speech that says less than is intended Understatement usually has an ironic effect, and sometimes may be used for comic purposes, as in Mark Twain’s statement, "The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated " See also hyperbole, irony

Understatement is the practice of suggesting that things have much less of a particular quality than they really have. He informed us with massive understatement that he was feeling disappointed. typical British understatement

If you say that a statement is an understatement, you mean that it does not fully express the extent to which something is true. To say I'm disappointed is an understatement He was getting very hard to live with, and that's the understatement of the year

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