paralipsis

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In a tidy bit of paralipsis, I'm not going to mention

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  1. A pretended or suggested omission for rhetorical effect, usually introduced by “I say nothing of,” “not to mention,” or the like.

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  1. Also paraleipsis and paralepsis (also paralepsy = French paralipse = Portuguese paralepsis = Italian paralepsi, paralipsi, paralissi), from New Latin paralipsis, from Greek παράλειψις, a passing over, from παραλείπειν, leave on one side, omit, from παρά, beside, + λείπειν, leave.
 

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