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par•a•lip•sis
Pronunciation: (par"u-lip'sis), [key]—
n.,
—pl. -sesPronunciation: (-sēz). [key]
Rhet.
the suggestion, by deliberately concise treatment of a topic, that much of significance is being omitted, as in “not to mention other faults.”
Also,paraleipsis,paralepsis.Also called
preterition. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.