meiosis ( synonym found)

Definition of meiosis:

(n) : a figure of speech whereby something is made to seem smaller or less important than it is; cell division of a diploid cell into four haploid cells, which develop to produce gametes
"1965: I knew, with one of those secret knowledges that can exist between two people, that her suicide was a direct result of my having told her of my own attempt - I had told it with a curt meiosis that was meant to conceal depths"

Definition of meiosis:

(n) : a figure of speech whereby something is made to seem smaller or less important than it is; cell division of a diploid cell into four haploid cells, which develop to produce gametes
"1965: I knew, with one of those secret knowledges that can exist between two people, that her suicide was a direct result of my having told her of my own attempt - I had told it with a curt meiosis that was meant to conceal depths"

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