The opposite of hyperbole, involves downplaying a fact or event.

The opposite of hyperbole, Understatement involves downplaying a fact or event.

Explanation:

The opposite of hyperbole involves depreciting any facts or events. Understatement is the modest representation of the truth when you speak to something as not as much as what it seems to be. When you make an understatement, the issue or attention is made small or made to appear to be less significant or serious than it typically is.

Understatements can be done either simply to be just polite or for an ironic effect. An understatement is a significant figure of speech and is the opposite of hyperbole.

panem is a communist totalitarian dictatorship where all the resources and how they are allocated belongs to the capitol. the districts exist only to provide goods and services for the capital and most of the citizens live in poverty. it is a police state where the "peacekeepers" use force and threats to keep the people under control. dissent is outlawed and those who disobey the law are executed, flogged, or turned into avoxes. the games are another means in which the ruling elite in the capitol exert their power over the districts. when reading the books i drew parallels between panem and the soviet union and north korea. in no way is panem capitalist. the people in the capitol are wealthy but the majority of them are involved in the government somehow. it was the same way in the former soviet union where bigwigs in the communist party and high ranking government officials were given access to goods, services, medical treatments not available to the general public. if you think panem has a capitalist economy you need to brush up on your economics.