Antonym(s):

• hyperbole

Synonym(s):

• litotes
• meiosis

Source(s):

ERC334
HOCK 1986285
LEECH 1983145
ELL5142

• Encyclopedia of Rhetoric and Composition. (1996) New York: Garland Publishing, Inc.
• HOCK, Hans Henrich. (1986) Principles of Historical Linguistics. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
• LEECH, Geoffrey N. (1983) Principles of Pragmatics. Longman: London.
• The Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics. (1994) Oxford: Pergamon Press.

Domain:

Rhetorics