Litotes
Litotes
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Litotes: An ironically moderate speech. Sometimes a rhetorical understatement in which a negative is substituted for the positive remark.“not bad” instead of “quite good”.War is not healthy for children and other living things. One nuclear bomb can ruin your whole day.
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