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Paraleipsis

Paraleipsis Meaning & Definition
Paraleipsis Definition And Meaning

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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