Meiosis Definition

Meiosis

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Meiosis is another term for understatement, where someone represents something as less than it is for a rhetorical effect, often used ironically.

See Also:

Hyperbole; Litote; Sarcasm; Litotes; Satire; Figure of Speech

Category:

Figure of Speech

Related to 'Meiosis'

Anadiplosis
Antimetabole
Aphorism
Assonance
Asyndeton
Chiasmus
Epanadiplosis
Epanalepsis
Epistrophe
Epizeuxis
Figure of Speech
Hyperbole
Irony
Litotes
Metaphors
Oxymorons
Pleonasm
Polyptoton
Redundancy
Sarcasm
Simile
Spoonerism
Tautology
Understatement
Zeugma

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