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- UNDERSTATEMENT Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of UNDERSTATEMENT is a statement that represents something as smaller or less intense, or less important than it really is : a statement that understates something; also : the act of understating something or the practice of making such statements How to use understatement in a sentence
- Understatement - Examples and Definition of Understatement
An ironic understatement is a statement whose very objective is a mockery It is also called comedic understatement and comprises verbal irony In other words, the literal meaning is not what the speaker speaks but what he intends In non-ironic understatement, the literal meanings are a fact that is being presented without any pretensions
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