apophasis

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Thus, every assertion is either the affirmation kataphasis or the denial (apophasis) of a single predicate of a single subject.

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  1. noun Allusion to something by denying that it will be mentioned, as in I will not bring up my opponent's questionable financial dealings.

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  • Thus, every assertion is either the affirmation kataphasis or the denial (apophasis) of a single predicate of a single subject. —  Aristotle's Logic
  • n. - non-sexual reproduction. apomictic, adj. apophasis —  xml's Blinklist.com
  • Denial (of a proposition): apophasis —  Aristotle's Logic
  • Negation (of a term): apophasis —  Aristotle's Logic
  • “apophasis,” meaning negation or “saying away”) is contrasted with kataphatic mysticism (from the Greek, “kataphasis,” meaning affirmation or —  Mysticism
 

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  1. Late Latin, from Greek, from apophanai, to say no : apo-, apo- + phanai, to say; see bhā-2 in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Late Latin, from Greek άπόφασις, a negation, denial, from άποφα/ναι, deny, from άπό, from, off, + φάναι = Latin fari, say.
 

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