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Analysis reveals the use of a rhetorical device that minimizes the significance of ideas, indicating potential effects on audience perception.
A rhetorical device in which the communicator intentionally uses language that minimizes, devalues, or belittles a person, object, or idea to make it seem less significant, impressive, or worthy.
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