paraleipsis

Related to paraleipsis: parallelism, litotes, anaphora, apophasis

par·a·lip·sis

(păr′ə-lĭp′sĭs) or par·a·leip·sis (-līp′-) or par·a·lep·sis (-lĕp′-)

n. pl. par·a·lip·ses (-sēz) or par·a·leip·ses or par·a·lep·ses

[Late Latin paralīpsis, from Greek paraleipsis, omission, apophasis, from paraleipein, to leave to the side, omit : para-, para- + leipein, to leave; see leik^w in Indo-European roots.]

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Noun

paraleipsis - suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted

paralepsis, paralipsis, preterition

rhetorical device - a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)

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