Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
paralipsis .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun See
paraleipsis .
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- noun rhetoric, linguistics Alternative spelling of
paraleipsis .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted
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Examples
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The DI’s position weakened further when they tried over and over again to claim that they weren’t calling Jones a plagiarist—a clumsy attempt at a paralepsis, indeed.
DI's Plagiarism Allegations Against Jones Get Even Lamer - The Panda's Thumb 2006
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The DI’s position weakened further when they tried over and over again to claim that they weren’t calling Jones a plagiarist—a clumsy attempt at a paralepsis, indeed.
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