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Meaning of PARALEPSIS

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted
 
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 Synonyms: paraleipsis, paralipsis, preterition
 
 See Also: rhetorical device

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Par`a*lep"sis\, n. [NL.]
See {Paraleipsis}.
 

 

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