An understatement is a literary device in which a writer or speaker attributes less importance or conveys less passion than the subject would seem to demand. Understatement is often used for comic effect. For example, Mark Twain states, "A soiled baby, with a neglected nose, cannot be conscientiously regarded as a thing of beauty." Understatement is also used to downplay the effect of facts, as when a totaled car is described as "having a few dents." A related term, litotes, conveys understatement through a negative construction. For example, rather than saying, "It was a hot summer," a writer using litotes might say, "Heat was not rare this summer."
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