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| has gloss | (noun) a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said understatement |
| lexicalization | eng: understatement |
| subclass of | (noun) a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc; "according to his statement he was in London on that day" statement |
| has subclass | (noun) understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary); "saying `I was not a little upset' when you mean `I was very upset' is an example of litotes" meiosis, litotes |
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| opposite | (noun) making to seem more important than it really is overstatement, exaggeration, magnification |
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