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Suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted
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preterition
Word definitions for preterition in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted [syn: paralepsis , paraleipsis , paralipsis ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. 1 The act of passing by, disregarding or omitting. 2 A rhetorical device in which the speaker emphasizes something by omitting it. 3 (context legal English) The failure of a testator to name a legal heir in his will. n. 1 The act of passing by, disregarding ...
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 ...
Usage examples of preterition.
Phelps and Phelps, The Cults of the Unwavering I: A Field Guide to Cults of Currency Speculation, Melanin, Fitness, Bioflavinoids, Spectation, Assassination, Stasis, Property, Agoraphobia, Repute, Celebrity, Acraphobia, Performance, Amway, Fame, Infamy, Deformity, Scopophobia, Syntax, Consumer Technology, Scopophilia, Presleyism, Hunterism, Inner Children, Eros, Xenophobia, Surgical Enhancement, Motivational Rhetoric, Chronic Pain, Solipsism, Survivalism, Preterition, Anti-Abortionism, Kevorkianism, Allergy, Albinism, Sport, Chiliasm, and Telentertainment in pre-O.
Le Jeu du Prochain Train was itself substantially simpler than 5 in Phelps and Phelps, The Cults of the Unwavering I: A Field Guide to Cults of Currency Speculation, Melanin, Fitness, Bioflavinoids, Spectation, Assassination, Stasis, Property, Agoraphobia, Repute, Celebrity, Acraphobia, Performance, Amway, Fame, Infamy, Deformity, Scopophobia, Syntax, Consumer Technology, Scopophilia, Presleyism, Hunterism, Inner Children, Eros, Xenophobia, Surgical Enhancement, Motivational Rhetoric, Chronic Pain, Solipsism, Survivalism, Preterition, Anti-Abortionism, Kevorkianism, Allergy, Albinism, Sport, Chiliasm, and Telentertainment in pre-O.