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Definition of Paraleipsis
1. Noun. Suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted.
Definition of Paraleipsis
1. n. 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."
Definition of Paraleipsis
1. Noun. (rhetoric linguistics) A figure of speech in which one pretends to ignore or omit something by actually mentioning it, as in: "I do not speak of my adversary's scandalous venality and rapacity, his brutal conduct, his treachery and malice". ¹
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Literary usage of Paraleipsis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Elements and Science of English Versification by William Caswell Jones (1897)
"paraleipsis. A pretended or apparent omission ; a figure by which a speaker
pretends to pass by what at the same time he really mentions, as : Her kindness ..."
2. Easy Exercises in Composition: Designed for the Use of Beginners by John Frost (1843)
"The paraleipsis borders on irony; it implies an affectation of omission, as when
an orator exclaims, "I refrain from mentioning the rapacity, the venality, ..."
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