Litotes
Litotes In rhetoric, litotes is a figure of speech in which ... its opposite. The literal meaning of a litotes is "not X (but not necessarily Y)", but a litotes is an understatement, actually meaning "very much Y". Like many figures of speech, litotes is better understood in some cultural ...
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Litotes   (translated from German)
Litotes Litotes (v. griech.: litótes Simplicity, Schlichtheit) is one ... occurrence of a denial ("not badly", ") a Litotes is not well" for "extremely bad" equal ...
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Understatement   (translated from Dutch)
Understatement Understatement is a form of eufemisme where a term is moderated by saying the reverse of it (from Grieks : litotès = simplicity). He is not malignant.This means: he is stupid. He is not stupid.The reverse is possible therefore also. This can excessive also. Take for example the man who ...
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Talk:Litotes
Talk:Litotes Votes for Deletion Litotes and pretty much any term linked from ... and a little extra material into the Litotes article. It's a specialised field, sure ... 27, 20 May 2004 (UTC) Keep. Fallacious. Litotes is a specific literary term that deserves ... 18:40, Jun 13, 2005 (UTC) Esperanto Litotes Any Esperantists around? How does Esperanto ...
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Meiosis (figure of speech)
... really is. It is a form of litotes, but litotes often uses understatement to amplify the importance ... chainsaw." See also Auxesis Figure of speech Litotes
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Talk:Figure of speech
... the words I am voting for deletion: Litotes, Accumulatio, Aposiopesis, Meiosis (figure of speech), Anastrophe ... This discussion has been moved to Talk:Litotes. On a somewhat related note, does anyone ... antanaclasis, paronomasis, syllepsis, anthimeria, periphrasis, personification, hyperbole, litotes, rhetorical question, irony, onomatapoeia, oxymoron, paradox Note ...
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Doubled denial   (translated from German)
... effect becomes also by the style means Litotes described. Confusion Sometimes the double denial is ... effect becomes also by the style means Litotes described. Sample applications (quotations) Paragraph §118 BGB ...
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Rhetorical figure   (translated from German)
... Among this figures rank how Emphase, Hyperbola, Litotes and others. Language pictures, which make a ... rose is A rose is A rose. Litotes (thriftiness) Untertreibung; Reducing/weakening; doubled denial my ...
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User:Noe/checklist
... List of spoonerisms - talk:List of spoonerisms Litotes - talk:Litotes Metathesis (linguistics) - talk:Metathesis (linguistics) Metathesis - talk ...
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Language analysis   (translated from German)
... rhetorical figures: lexical ( Oxymoron , All iteration , Hyperbola , Litotes , Euphemismus , Metonymte, Pleonasmus ); syntactic ( Parallelism , Ellipse , Anakoluth ...
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