1) Rhetorical device
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Apophasis (Late Latin, from Greek ἀπόφασις from ἀπόφημι apophemi, `to say no`), paralipsis (παράλειψις) or occupatio, also spelled paraleipsis or paralepsis, and known also as praeteritio, preterition, cataphasis (κατάφασις), antiphrasis (ἀντίφρασις), or parasiopesis (παρασιώπησις), is a.....
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saying something by stating that you will not mention it
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• (n.) A figure by which a speaker formally declines to take notice of a favorable point, but in such a manner as to produce the effect desired. [For example, see Mark Antony`s oration. Shak., Julius Caesar, iii. 2.]
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Denying one's intention to talk or write about a subject, but making the denial in such a way that t
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A·poph'a·sis (ȧ*pŏf'ȧ*sĭs)
noun [ Greek
'apo`fasis denial, from
'apofa`nai to speak out, to deny.]
(Rhet.) A figure by which a speaker formally declines to take notice of a favorable point, but in such a manner as to produce the effect des...
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n] - mentioning something by saying it will not be mentioned
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apophasis 1. Mentioning something by saying it will not be mentioned. 2. The rhetorical device of alluding to something by denying that it will be mentioned, as in 'I won't bring up the question of age now that you are seventy.' 3. The denial of someone's intention to talk about a subject that is at the same time named or insinuated; such as, `I ...
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noun mentioning something by saying it will not be mentioned
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denial of one's intention to speak of a subject that is at the same time named or insinuated, as “I shall not mention Caesar's avarice, nor his cunning, nor his morality.”
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