paraleipsis

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von paraleipsis im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch

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Englisch - Englisch

Definition von paraleipsis im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

A figure of speech in which one pretends to ignore or omit something by actually mentioning it

Example:- I won't mention the difficulty of finding good definitions for old-fashioned words.

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

Silbentrennung

par·a·leip·sis

Etymologie

() From Ancient Greek παράλειψις (paraleipsis, “omission”) from παραλείπω (paraleipō, “I pass over”) from παρά (para, “by, near”) + λείπω (leipō, “I leave”).