PARALIPSIS

paralepsis, paraleipsis, paralipsis, preterition

(noun) suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted

Source: WordNet® 3.1

paralipsis (countable and uncountable, plural paraleipses)

(rhetoric, linguistics) A figure of speech in which one pretends to ignore or omit something by actually mentioning it. [from 16th c.]

Synonyms: apophasis, preterition

Source: Wiktionary

Par`a*lip"sis, n. Etym: [NL.]

Definition: See Paraleipsis.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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8 November 2024

(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”

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In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.