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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
paraleipsis \par`aleip"sis\, n. nl., fr. gr. ?, fr. ? to leave
on one side, to omit; para` beside + ? to leave. rhet.
a pretended or apparent omission; a figure by which a speaker
artfully pretends to pass by what he really mentions; as, for
example, if an orator should say, "i do not speak of my
adversary's scandalous venality and rapacity, his brutal
conduct, his treachery and malice." written also
paralepsis, paralepsy, paralipsis.
1913 webster
see also:
paralepsis paralepsy paralipsis
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