concept   litotes

2 commonsense assertions
Cultures (2) English-speaking cultures (1) Ancient Greek culture (1)
# Concept Culture Statement Freq.
1 litotes English-speaking cultures Litotes is often used in English-speaking cultures as a form of understatement or to express a positive by negating the opposite. 5
2 litotes Ancient Greek culture Litotes in ancient Greek culture emphasized points by negating their opposites in political and philosophical discourse. 2