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    PARALEPSIS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omittedplay

    Synonyms:

    paraleipsis; paralepsis; paralipsis; preterition

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("paralepsis" is a kind of...):

    rhetorical device (a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance))

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