Words with a similar base: litotes

'litotes'
[litotes.n.01] as in: understatement for rhetorical effect (especially when expressing an affirmative by negating its contrary)

Examples:
saying `I was not a little upset' when you mean `I was very upset' is an example of litotes


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litotes (English)
└── λιτότης (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
    └── λιτός (Ancient Greek (to 1453))

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