noun
suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted
• Syn: ↑paraleipsis, ↑paralipsis, ↑preterition
• Hypernyms: ↑rhetorical device
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nounsee paraleipsis
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/par'euh lep"sis/, n., pl. paralepses /-seez/.
paralipsis.
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paraleipsis, paralepsissee paralipsis.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.