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Paraleipsis

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(n.) 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."

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Paraleipsis'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/paraleipsis.html. 1828.
 
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