1) Paralepsis 2) Paralipsis 3) Preterition 4) Rhetorical device
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1) Paralepsis 2) Paralipsis 3) Preterition
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• (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.`
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Par`a·leip'sis noun [ New Latin , from Greek ..., from ... to leave on one side, to omit;
para` 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...
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