HyperDic: paraleipsis

English > 1 sense of the word paraleipsis:
NOUNcommunicationparaleipsis, paralepsis, paralipsis, preteritionsuggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted
English > paraleipsis: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningSuggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted.
Synonymsparalepsis, paralipsis, preterition
Broaderrhetorical deviceA use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)
Spanishparaleipsis, paralepsis, paralipsis
Catalanparaleipsis, paralepsis, paralipsi, paralipsis

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