Question

What is an understatement that expresses the affirmative by saying the negative of the contrary called?

Answer 1

The correct answer is Litotes

Step-by-step explanation:

Litotes is a figure of speech, phrase that have different meaning than its literal meanings, that employs the opposite expressions' negative in order to express positive statements. In other words, Litotes expresses the affirmative by saying the negative of the contrary.

For instance the expression “She is not as beauty as she used to be” is a Litotes used to avoid saying "She looks ugly now".

Answer 2

litotes is a ronical understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary