paralipsis
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (British, America) IPA: /ˌpæ.ɹəˈlɪp.sɪs/
paralipsis
- (rhetoric, linguistics) A figure of speech in which one pretends to ignore or omit something by actually mentioning it. [from 16th c.]
- Synonyms: apophasis, preterition
- 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
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- 2008, Alisa Lebow, First Person Jewish, p. 60:
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- 2016, Slate, 2 November:
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- French: paralipse
- German: Paralipse
- Italian: paralissi, preterizione
- Spanish: paralipsis
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