tapinosis

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A figure of speech whereby something is given less importance by the name given it than it merits. rhetoric

词形变化

tapinoses plural

词源

Borrowed from Latin tapīnōsis (“depreciation”), itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ταπείνωσις (tapeínōsis, “lowering”), from ταπεινός (tapeinós, “low”).
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