Definition of Apophasis

1. Noun. Mentioning something by saying it will not be mentioned.

Generic synonyms: Rhetorical Device
Derivative terms: Apophatic

Definition of Apophasis

1. n. 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 Cæsar, iii. 2.]

Definition of Apophasis

1. [n -PHASES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Apophasis

aponeurosis palmaris
aponeurosis pharyngea
aponeurosis plantaris
aponeurositis
aponeurotic
aponeurotic
aponeurotic fibroma
aponeurotic reflex
aponeurotome
aponeurotomy
aponitrite reductase
apoop
apopathetic
apopemptic
apophases
apophasis (current term)
apophatic
apophatism
apophlegmatic
apophlegmatism
apophlegmatizant
apophonies
apophony
apophthegm
apophthegm
apophthegmatic
apophthegmatical
apophthegms
apophyge
apophyges

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