3 dictionary results for: paralepsis
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par·a·lep·sis
[par-uh-lep-sis] Pronunciation Key
[par-uh-lep-sis] Pronunciation Key
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| paralepsis | |
noun | |
| suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted |
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paralepsis
Par`a*leip"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to leave on one side, to omit; ? 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 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.]
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