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par⋅a⋅lep⋅sis

  [par-uh-lep-sis]
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–noun, plural -ses  [-seez] .
paralipsis.

par⋅a⋅lip⋅sis

  [par-uh-lip-sis]
–noun, plural -ses  [-seez] . Rhetoric.
the suggestion, by deliberately concise treatment of a topic, that much of significance is being omitted, as in “not to mention other faults.”
Also, paraleipsis, paralepsis.
Also called preterition.

Origin:
1580–90; < LL paralīpsis < Gk paráleipsis an omitting, equiv. to paraleíp(ein) to leave on one side (para- para- 1 + leípein to leave) + -sis -sis
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Paralepsis

Par`a*lep"sis\, n. [NL.] See Paraleipsis.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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