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Paralipsis vs Apophasis - What's the difference?

paralipsis | apophasis |

As nouns the difference between paralipsis and apophasis

is that paralipsis is an alternative spelling of lang=en while apophasis is an allusion to something by denying that it will be mentioned.

paralipsis

English

Noun

(paralipses)
  • (rhetoric, linguistics)

    • apophasis

    English

    Noun

    (apophases)
  • (rhetoric) An allusion to something by denying that it will be mentioned
    • "I won't mention your bad grammar" is an example of apophasis .

    Related terms

    * apo- * -phasis * apophatic * apophatically

    Coordinate terms

    * proslepsis

    See also

    * not to mention * to say nothing of