Thesaurus: paraleipsis

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1. n. 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."
2. n. suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted
3. 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.]
4. A pretended or apparent omission; a figure by which a speakerartfully pretends to pass by what he really mentions; as, forexample, if an orator should say, "I do not speak of my adversary'sscandalous venality and rapacity, his brutal conduct, his treacheryand malice." [Written also paralepsis, paralepsy, paralipsis.]
5. n suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted