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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Apophasis \A*poph"a*sis\, n. [Gr. ? denial, fr ? to speak out to deny.] (Rhet.) A figure by which a speaker formally declines to take notice of a favorable point, but in such a manner as to produce the effect desired. [For example, see Mark Antony's oration. --Shak., Julius C[ae]sar, iii. 2.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: apophasis n : mentioning something by saying it will not be mentioned
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