PARALEPSIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted

Synonyms:

paraleipsis; paralepsis; paralipsis; preterition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("paralepsis" is a kind of...):

rhetorical device (a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance))

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