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Qué (quién) es UNDERSTATEMENT - definición

STYLISTIC DEVICE

Understating

understatement

n.

1) to make an understatement

2) to go in for understatement

3) (misc.) a masterpiece of understatement; the understatement of the year

understatement

(understatements)

1.

If you say that a statement is an understatement, you mean that it does not fully express the extent to which something is true.

To say I'm disappointed is an understatement...

He was getting very hard to live with, and that's the understatement of the year.

N-COUNT

2.

Understatement is the practice of suggesting that things have much less of a particular quality than they really have.

He informed us with massive understatement that he was feeling disappointed.

...typical British understatement.

N-UNCOUNT

Understatement

·noun The act of understating, or the condition of being understated; that which is understated; a statement below the truth.

Wikipedia

Understatement

Understatement is an expression of lesser strength than what the speaker or writer actually means or than what is normally expected. It is the opposite of embellishment or exaggeration, and is used for emphasis, irony, hedging, or humor. A particular form of understatement using negative syntax is called litotes. This is not to be confused with euphemism, where a polite phrase is used in place of a harsher or more offensive expression.

Understatement may also be called underexaggeration to denote lesser enthusiasm. Understatement also merges the comic with the ironic, as in Mark Twain’s comment, “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Understatement

Ejemplos de uso de UNDERSTATEMENT

1. With typical understatement, we did so discreetly.

2. This already looks like a considerable understatement.

3. To describe the disc as "mature" would be an understatement.

4. For many social conservatives, that is an understatement.

5. To say the house was big would be an understatement.