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paralepsis
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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
par·a·lep·sis       [par-uh-lep-sis] Pronunciation Key
–noun, plural -ses       [-seez] Pronunciation Key.
paralipsis.
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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.]

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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