tapinosis

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tapīnōsis (“depreciation”), itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ταπείνωσις (tapeínōsis, “lowering”), from ταπεινός (tapeinós, “low”)

Noun

tapinosis (plural tapinoses)

1. (rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby something is given less importance by the name given it than it merits.

Synonyms

• (rhetoric): abbaser, meiosis

References

• Silva Rhetoricae

Anagrams

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