paraleipsis
15 points
English
11 letters
Not in frequency data
Valid in: UK dictionary
Definitions
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.]
Definition: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Word forms
plural paraleipses
Forms from WordNet 3.1 morphology — every form attested in the dictionary.
Synonyms
suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted
Synonyms grouped by meaning — WordNet 3.1 (Princeton University).
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