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Suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted
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paraleipsis
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted [syn: paralepsis , paralipsis , preterition ] [also: paraleipses (pl)]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Preterition \Pre`ter*i"tion\ (?; 277), n. [L. praeteritio: cf. F. pr['e]t['e]rition.] The act of passing, or going past; the state of being past. --Bp. Hall. (Rhet.) A figure by which, in pretending to pass over anything, a summary mention of ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context rhetoric linguistics English) A figure of speech in which one pretends to ignore or omit something by actually mentioning it, as in: "I will not speak of my adversary's scandalous venality and rapacity, his brutal conduct, his treachery and ...