Paraleipsis

Par`a`leip´sis

n.

1.

(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."

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Noun

1.

paraleipsis - suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted paralepsis, paralipsis, preterition rhetorical device - a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)