Definition of Paralipsis

1. Noun. Suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted.

Exact synonyms: Paraleipsis, Paralepsis, Preterition
Generic synonyms: Rhetorical Device

Definition of Paralipsis

1. n. See Paraleipsis.

Definition of Paralipsis

1. Noun. (rhetoric linguistics) (alternative spelling of paraleipsis) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Paralipsis

paraletic
paralexia
paralgesia
paralgia
paralian
paralians
paralic
paralinguistic
paralinguistic communication
paralinguistically
paralinguistics
paralipomena
paralipomenon
paralipophobia
paralipses
paralipsis (current term)
parallactic
parallax
parallax method
parallax second
parallax seconds
parallax test
parallaxes
parallel
parallel-park
parallel attachment
parallel bars
parallel circuit
parallel gill trama
parallel immersion

Literary usage of Paralipsis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Greek Literature: From the Earliest Period to the Death of by Frank Byron Jevons (1894)
"... drawing out and prolonging the effect of an enumera tion, renders it all the more impressive ; while paralipsis, ie the omission of what might be taken ..."

2. Poetry as a Representative Art: An Essay in Comparative Aesthetics by George Lansing Raymond (1899)
"... paralipsis, or Omission, the pretended suppression of what one is all the time mentioning, as in, " I say nothing of the notorious profligacy of his ..."

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