paralipsis

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paralipsis

/ˌpæ.ɹəˈlɪp.sɪs/ UK, US

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From Ancient Greek παράλειψις (paráleipsis, “omission”), from παραλείπω (paraleípō, “I pass over”), from παρά (pará, “by, near”) + λείπω (leípō, “I leave”).

noun paraleipses · paralepsis · paraleipsis

countable, rhetoric, uncountable A figure of speech in which one pretends to ignore or omit something by actually mentioning it. These negatives are a paraleipsis: what cannot be done to the soul can be done to the body.
Similar: apophasis, preterition

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noun figure of speech — see also apophasis

Español	paralipsis
Français	paralipse
Deutsch	Paralipse
Italiano	paralissi, preterizione

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@misc{paralipsis_2026,
  title = {paralipsis},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/paralipsis},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}