paraleipsis

English - Turkish

Definition of paraleipsis in English Turkish dictionary

önemsemeyerek dikkat çekme

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bir hususu ihmal eder gibi görünerek dikkati özellikle o nokta üzerine çekme

English - English

Definition of paraleipsis in English English dictionary

A figure of speech in which one pretends to ignore or omit something by actually mentioning it

Example:- I won't mention the difficulty of finding good definitions for old-fashioned words.

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

Hyphenation

par·a·leip·sis

Etymology

() From Ancient Greek παράλειψις (paraleipsis, “omission”) from παραλείπω (paraleipō, “I pass over”) from παρά (para, “by, near”) + λείπω (leipō, “I leave”).