OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 1198

paralipsis

/ˌpæ.ɹəˈlɪp.sɪs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
paralipsis
A figure of speech in which one pretends to ignore or omit something by actually mentioning it.
Oxenberg tells us twice that she does not talk about the sister who died. She fools no one with this paralipsis […].
These negatives are a paraleipsis: what cannot be done to the soul can be done to the body.
Phrases
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