Tapinosis Definition

noun

(rhetoric) A figure of speech whereby something is given less importance by the name given it than it merits.

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Singular:
tapinosis
Plural:
tapinoses

Origin of Tapinosis

  • From Latin tăpīnōsis (“depreciation”), from Ancient Greek τᾰπείνωσις (tapeinosis, “lowering”), from ταπείνωσις (tapeinos, “low”)

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