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Paraleipsis vs Proslepsis - What's the difference?

paraleipsis | proslepsis |

As nouns the difference between paraleipsis and proslepsis

is that paraleipsis is (rhetoric|linguistics) a figure of speech in which one pretends to ignore or omit something by actually mentioning it, as in: "i will not speak of my adversary's scandalous venality and rapacity, his brutal conduct, his treachery and malice" while proslepsis is (rhetoric) the pretence of passing over a subject while at the same time describing it fully.

paraleipsis

English

Alternative forms

* paralepsis, paralipsis

Noun

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  • (rhetoric, linguistics) A figure of speech in which one pretends to ignore or omit something by actually mentioning it, as in: "I will not speak of my adversary's scandalous venality and rapacity, his brutal conduct, his treachery and malice".

    • See also

    * apophasis

    proslepsis

    English

    Noun

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  • (rhetoric) The pretence of passing over a subject while at the same time describing it fully.

    • Related terms

    * apophasis * paraleipsis

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