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Paralipsis - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Paralipsis : (noun)
1: suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of
significance is omitted [syn: paralepsis, paraleipsis,
preterition]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Paralipsis : \Par`a*lip"sis\, n. [NL.]
See Paraleipsis.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Paraleipsis \Par`a*leip"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to leave
on one side, to omit; ? beside _ ? to leave.] (Rhet.)
A pretended or apparent omission; a figure by which a speaker
artfully pretends to pass by what he really mentions; as, for
example, if an orator should say, ``I do not speak of my
adversary's scandalous venality and rapacity, his brutal
conduct, his treachery and malice.'' [Written also
paralepsis, paralepsy, paralipsis.]
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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