Understatement

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Understatement

Understatement

In phrasing that diminishes the intensity of things as they actually occurred.

(Modern Hebrew)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

בִּלְשׁוֹן הַמְעָטָה

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּנִסּוּחַ הַמַּפְחִית מֵעָצְמַת הַדְּבָרִים כְּפִי שֶׁהִתְרַחֲשׁוּ בְּפֹעַל.

(הָעִבְרִית הַחֲדָשָׁה)

Keyword

Modern Hebrew figurative phrasing understatement formulation

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