About The Word Paraleipsis
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Paraleipsis
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What's The Definition Of Paraleipsis?
[n] suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted
Synonyms | Synonyms for Paraleipsis: paralepsis | paralipsis | preterition Related Terms | Find terms related to Paraleipsis: See Also | rhetorical device Paraleipsis In Webster's Dictionary \Par`a*leip"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to leave
on one side, to omit; ? 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}.]
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