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Trivialization, (grotesque) understatement, or litote ([lye-toe-tee]). Litote can only be used for describing a state using the negative of its opposite -- for example, "I'm not unhappy about it", "You won't be sorry"). Speaking colloquially, to soft sell something is a way of using a mild term for something stronger.

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