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paraleipsis |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Paraleipsis \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}.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Preterition \Pre`ter*i"tion\ (?; 277), n. [L. praeteritio: cf F. pr['e]t['e]rition.] 1. The act of passing, or going past; the state of being past. --Bp. Hall. 2. (Rhet.) A figure by which in pretending to pass over anything a summary mention of it is made as ``I will not say he is valiant, he is learned, he is just.'' Called also {paraleipsis}. 3. (Law) The omission by a testator of some one of his heirs who is entitled to a portion. --Bouvier. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: paraleipsis n : suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted [syn: {paralepsis}, {paralipsis}, {preterition}]
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