Rare Synonym for Litotes or Understatement

This page is the CodyCross answer for the clue below from Making a Documentary, Group 1512, Puzzle 2 (Distribution Costs).

Question is: Rare Synonym for Litotes or Understatement

and the answer is: MEIOSIS

Word Meaning:

MEIOSIS — (countable, uncountable, rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby something is made to seem smaller or less important than it actually is.

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