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What is it?
Examples
- It isn't very serious. I have this tiny little tumor on the brain.
- J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye - Jackie Robinson's breaking of baseball's color barrier was no small accomplishment.
Answer
Deliberate understatement, especially when expressing a thought by denying its opposite. Understatement in which the affirmative is expressed in a negative way.