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paralipsis

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˌpæ.ɹəˈlɪp.sɪs/Part of speech nounSorted aaiilpprssStarts with PEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

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

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • These negatives are a paraleipsis: what cannot be done to the soul can be done to the body.
  • Oxenberg tells us twice that she does not talk about the sister who died. She fools no one with this paralipsis […].
  • What's left to consider? I am loath to bring up Trump's paralipsis.

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