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Definition of: paraleipsis
(par′ə·līp′sis) noun
In rhetoric, a pretended suppression of what is really said; a feigned omission, as in “not to mention his insufferable conceit”; apophasis. Also par′a·lep′sis (-lep′sis), par′a·lip′sis (-lip′sis). [<Gk., an omission <paraleipein <para- beside + leipein leave]
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