06759063-n 'a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said';
 
English understatement 1 ( )
Japanese 最小化
Definitions
English
a statement that is restrained in ironic contrast to what might have been said
Japanese
言ったかもしれないことに比べて反語的に控え目である言明
Relations
Hyponym: litotes
Hypernym: statement
Antonym: exaggeration
Semantic Field: communicationn
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TempoWN: (Past: 0.000; Present: 0.205; Future: 0.000)

SentiWN: (+0.00 -0.12) MLSentiCon: (+0.25 -0.25)


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