Question

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

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is Litotes

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