understatement

English

Etymology

• under + statement

Noun

understatement (plural understatements)

1. a disclosure or statement that is less than complete
2. restraint or lack of emphasis, especially for ironic effect

Related terms

• understate

Translations

Statement less than complete

• Czech: zmírnění (cs) n
• French: litote (fr), peu dire (fr)

• German: Untertreibung (de)
• Persian: دست کم گرفتن (fa) (dast e kam gereftan)
• Polish: niedomówienie, niedookreślenie

See also

• overstatement

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Italian

Etymology

English

Noun

understatement m (invariable)

1. understatement