tapinosis

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin tapīnōsis (“depreciation”), itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ταπείνωσις (tapeínōsis, “lowering”), from ταπεινός (tapeinós, “low”). === Noun === tapinosis (plural tapinoses) (rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby something is given less importance by the name given it than it merits. ==== Synonyms ==== (rhetoric): abbaser, meiosis === References === Gideon O. Burton (26 February 2007), “tapinosis”, in Silva Rhetoricae: The Forest of Rhetoric‎[1]. === Anagrams === pianoists