CAW Term of the Week - Litotes
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CAW Term of the Week - Litotes
#CAW #CartersvilleAreaWriters #CAWTotW #CAWTermOfTheWeek #TermoftheWeek #TotW #WritingCommunity #Litotes
Et ils faudrait aussi qu’ils comprennent que Poutine n’est PAS anti-impérialiste, PAS antiraciste, PAS anticapitaliste, PAS anticolonialiste, PAS démocrate, PAS internationaliste, PAS adversaire des États-Unis de Trump. #litotes
Not to discount more subtle ways.
#Litotes is a thing. I am proud of my advanced #English students, who are now having fun with litotes.
And that's no mean feat.
#shakespeare #sonnet #poetry
Large Language Model's credibility stems from the credibility of humans spewing out pre-trained responses in much the same way, with not a little credibility. #litotes
Information that I visit often the webpage ... for a project that I am submitting
You visit often
#litotes
Understatement alert. It might not quite be hitting the mark. #litotes
Speaking of weather (not altogether unknown here in the #UK) I give you another random word prompt: ‘negotiation’
many air masses
are in negotiation
over my weather
Anthropomorphism or metaphor? Take your pick
#Weather #ClimateEmergency #Litotes
#Haiku #SortOf #Poetry
Meaning of #litotes LITOTES irony in that it is said as positive something that is precisely the opposite; literary figure belonging to 3 . 4 . OBLICUA FIGURES , (do not speak right) along with the 3 . 4 . 1 PERFRASIS or circumloquium, and 3 . 4 . 3 PARALIPSIS , or .. litotes
Meaning of #litotes Plural of litote (rhetorical figure). See also lítote . .. litotes
Significado de #litotes LITOTES ironía en que se dice como positivo algo que es precisamente lo contrario; figura literaria perteneciente a las 3.4. FIGURAS OBLICUAS, (no hablar derechamente) junto con la 3.4.1 PERÍFRASIS o circunloquio, y la 3.4.3 PARALIPSIS, o .. litotes
Significado de #litotes LITOTES ironia em que é dito como algo positivo que é precisamente o oposto; figura literária pertencente a 3 . 4 . OBLICUA FIGURES , (não fale direito) juntamente com o 3 . 4 . 1 PERFRASIS ou circunloquium, e 3 . 4 . 3 PARAlipsis , ou PRETER.. litotes
Significado de #litotes Plural de litote (figura retórica). Ver también lítote. .. litotes
Significado de #litotes Plural de litote (figura retórica). Veja também lítote . .. litotes
I currently use 'opposite phrases'
Explaining #Litotes will add to guides and training about principles for effective, sensitive conversations for #RealTalkTraining @RealTalk_EOL and for the National Communication Programme of the HSE (RoI's healthcare org) @NHCProgramme
#EMCA #Linguistics hivemind💁♀️
#Litotes often used in certain death & dying convos
🗣️the end of my life
🗣️unlikely to survive the night
I want short easier label/definition for #Litotes than
"An affirmation expressed by the negation of its opposite"
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