NOUN | communication | preterition, paralepsis, paraleipsis, paralipsis | suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted |
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Meaning | Suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted. | |
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Synonyms | paralepsis, paraleipsis, paralipsis | |
Broader | rhetorical device | A use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) |
Spanish | paraleipsis, paralepsis, paralipsis | |
Catalan | paraleipsis, paralepsis, paralipsi, paralipsis |
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