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緩叙法
1. litotes (figure of speech); meiosis
2. LitotesIn rhetoric, litotes is a figure of speech in which understatement is employed for rhetorical effect when an idea is expressed by a denial of its opposite, principally via double negatives. For example, rather than saying that something is attractive (or even very attractive), one might merely say it is "not unattractive". Litotes is a form of understatement, always deliberate and with the intention of emphasis.
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