paralipsis

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παράλειψις (paráleipsis, “omission”), from παραλείπω (paraleípō, “I pass over”), from παρά (pará, “by, near”) + λείπω (leípō, “I leave”).

Pronunciation
  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˌpæ.ɹəˈlɪp.sɪs/, /pæ.ɹə.leɪp.sɪs/
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Noun
Examples
  • needless to say
  • not to mention
  • “I will not speak of my adversary's scandalous venality and rapacity, his brutal conduct, his treachery and malice”

paralipsis (countable and uncountable, plural paraleipses)

  1. (rhetoric, linguistics) A figure of speech in which one pretends to ignore or omit something by actually mentioning it. [from 16th c.]
    Synonyms: apophasis, preterition
    • 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:
      These negatives are a paraleipsis: what cannot be done to the soul can be done to the body.
    • 2008, Alisa Lebow, First Person Jewish, p. 60:
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    • 2016, Slate, 2 November:
      What's left to consider? I am loath to bring up Trump's paralipsis.

Translations

Finnish

Etymology

< Ancient Greek παράλειψις (paráleipsis)

Noun

paralipsis

  1. (rhetoric) paraleipsis

Declension
Inflection of paralipsis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative paralipsis paralipsikset
genitive paralipsiksen paralipsisten
paralipsiksien
partitive paralipsista paralipsiksia
illative paralipsikseen paralipsiksiin
singular plural
nominative paralipsis paralipsikset
accusative nom. paralipsis paralipsikset
gen. paralipsiksen
genitive paralipsiksen paralipsisten
paralipsiksien
partitive paralipsista paralipsiksia
inessive paralipsiksessa paralipsiksissa
elative paralipsiksesta paralipsiksista
illative paralipsikseen paralipsiksiin
adessive paralipsiksella paralipsiksilla
ablative paralipsikselta paralipsiksilta
allative paralipsikselle paralipsiksille
essive paralipsiksena paralipsiksina
translative paralipsikseksi paralipsiksiksi
instructive — paralipsiksin
abessive paralipsiksetta paralipsiksitta
comitative — paralipsiksineen

Synonyms
  • apofaasi
  • katafaasi
  • preteritio

Spanish

Noun

paralipsis f (plural paralipsis)

  1. (rhetoric) paraleipsis
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