Paralipsis

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  • n. Alternative spelling of paraleipsis.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. See paraleipsis.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A pretended or suggested omission for rhetorical effect, usually introduced by “I say nothing of,” “not to mention,” or the like.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    rhetorical device   
    Variant
    paraleipses    paraleipsis   
     
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