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paralipsis
(encz) | paralipsis, n: |
Paralipsis
(gcide) | Paralipsis \Par`a*lip"sis\, n. [NL.]
See Paraleipsis.
[1913 Webster] Parallactic |
paralipsis
(gcide) | Paraleipsis \Par`a*leip"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to leave
on one side, to omit; para` beside + ? to leave.] (Rhet.)
A pretended or apparent omission; a figure by which a speaker
artfully pretends to pass by what he really mentions; as, for
example, if an orator should say, "I do not speak of my
adversary's scandalous venality and rapacity, his brutal
conduct, his treachery and malice." [Written also
paralepsis, paralepsy, paralipsis.]
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paralipsis
(wn) | paralipsis
n 1: suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of
significance is omitted [syn: paralepsis, paraleipsis,
paralipsis, preterition] |
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paralipsis
(encz) | paralipsis, n: |
paralipsis
(gcide) | Paralipsis \Par`a*lip"sis\, n. [NL.]
See Paraleipsis.
[1913 Webster] ParallacticParaleipsis \Par`a*leip"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to leave
on one side, to omit; para` beside + ? to leave.] (Rhet.)
A pretended or apparent omission; a figure by which a speaker
artfully pretends to pass by what he really mentions; as, for
example, if an orator should say, "I do not speak of my
adversary's scandalous venality and rapacity, his brutal
conduct, his treachery and malice." [Written also
paralepsis, paralepsy, paralipsis.]
[1913 Webster] |
paralipsis
(wn) | paralipsis
n 1: suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of
significance is omitted [syn: paralepsis, paraleipsis,
paralipsis, preterition] |
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