Definitions from Wiktionary (hypobole)
▸ noun: (rhetoric) A rhetorical figure in which several things are mentioned that seem to make against the argument, or in favour of the opposing side, and then they are refuted one by one.
▸ noun: (rhetoric) Deliberate, intentional understatement (opposite of hyperbole).
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▸ noun: (rhetoric) A rhetorical figure in which several things are mentioned that seem to make against the argument, or in favour of the opposing side, and then they are refuted one by one.
▸ noun: (rhetoric) Deliberate, intentional understatement (opposite of hyperbole).
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anthypophora,
antanagoge,
addubitation,
hypophora,
paromologia,
procatalepsis,
hypotyposis,
bdelygmia,
ecbole,
paromology,
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