understatement — Dizionario inglese

Sostantivo

1. A figure of speech whereby something is made to seem smaller or less important than it actually is, either through phrasing or lack of emphasis, often for ironic effect.

   Uso

   • rhetoric
   • non numerabile
   • usually

   Sinonimi

   meiosis

   Contrari

   auxesishyperbole

   Esempi

   A master of understatement

   And that mode of expression is very demurring and self-deprecating. Victorian English was all about understatement.

2. An instance of such phrasing or lack of emphasis; an incomplete statement.

   Uso

   • numerabile
   • usually

   Sinonimi

   trivialization

   Contrari

   exaggerationoverstatement

   Esempi

   Now that's an understatement.

3. An incomplete disclosure that intentionally withholds relevant information.

   Uso

   • non numerabile
   • usually

Sostantivo

1. a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said

   Contrari

   overstatement

   Termini più generali

   statement