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tapinosis
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(rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby something is given less importance by the name given it than it merits. Open English WordNet
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(rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby something is given less importance by the name given it than it merits. Open English WordNet
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The last and perhaps the most important of the ridiculing figures according to these writers is tapinosis. Open English WordNet
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tapinosis

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