Usually means: Intentional omission drawing attention indirectly.
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  9. paralepsis: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
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  11. Paralepsis: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. paralepsis: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  13. paralepsis: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  14. paralepsis: FreeDictionary.org
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▸ noun:  (rhetoric, linguistics) Alternative spelling of paraleipsis

Similar:
paraleipsis, paralipsis, preterition, parainesis, palillogy, parodisation, paraphrasia, parænesis, parimion, pseudoresponse, more...

Opposite:
cataphora, antecedent, anaphora

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Similar:
paraleipsis, paralipsis, preterition, parainesis, palillogy, parodisation, paraphrasia, parænesis, parimion, pseudoresponse, more...

Opposite:
cataphora, antecedent, anaphora



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