paraleipsis
假省筆法
Par·a·leip·sis n. Rhet. A pretended or apparent omission; a figure by which a speaker artfully pretends to pass by what he really mentions; as, for example, if an orator should say, “I do not speak of my adversary's scandalous venality and rapacity, his brutal conduct, his treachery and malice.” [Written also paralepsis, paralepsy, paralipsis.]
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paraleipsis
n : suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of
significance is omitted [syn: paralepsis, paralipsis,
preterition]
[also: paraleipses (pl)]