understatement — İngilizce Sözlük

İsim

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.

   Kullanım

   • rhetoric
   • sayılamaz
   • usually

   Eş anlamlı sözcükler

   meiosis

   Zıt anlamlılar

   auxesishyperbole

   Örnekler

   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.

   Kullanım

   • sayılabilir
   • usually

   Eş anlamlı sözcükler

   trivialization

   Zıt anlamlılar

   exaggerationoverstatement

   Örnekler

   Now that's an understatement.

3. An incomplete disclosure that intentionally withholds relevant information.

   Kullanım

   • sayılamaz
   • usually

İsim

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

   Zıt anlamlılar

   overstatement

   Daha genel terimler

   statement