Paraleipsis

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  • n. A figure of speech in which one pretends to ignore or omit something by actually mentioning it, as in: "I do not speak of my adversary's scandalous venality and rapacity, his brutal conduct, his treachery and malice".
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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.”
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. See paralipsis.
    • 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   
    Cross Reference
    not to mention    needless to say   
    Variant
    paraleipses    paralepsis    paralepsy    paralipsis   
     
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