understatement — 英語辞典

名詞

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.

   用法

   • rhetoric
   • 不可算
   • usually

   同義語

   meiosis

   反義語

   auxesishyperbole

   例文

   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.

   用法

   • 可算
   • usually

   同義語

   trivialization

   反義語

   exaggerationoverstatement

   例文

   Now that's an understatement.

3. An incomplete disclosure that intentionally withholds relevant information.

   用法

   • 不可算
   • usually

名詞

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

   反義語

   overstatement

   上位語

   statement