HyperDic: preterition

English > 1 sense of the word preterition:
NOUNcommunicationpreterition, paralepsis, paraleipsis, paralipsissuggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted
English > preterition: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningSuggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted.
Synonymsparalepsis, paraleipsis, paralipsis
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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