paraleipsis

IPA: pɛrʌɫˈipsɪs

(rhetoric, linguistics) Alternative form of paralipsis [(rhetoric, linguistics) A figure of speech in which one pretends to ignore or omit something by actually mentioning it.]

Examples of "paraleipsis" in Sentences

"Don’t even mention," a locution known in rhetoric as a paraleipsis.
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“I shall not introduce—the rhetoricians call this paraleipsis—the wonderful woman sitting, appropriately, on my left, Mrs. Robert Kennedy.”
That is an example of paraleipsis, the rhetorical technique of pointing something out by asserting you will not point it out, often preceded by the phrase “not to mention.”
jukeboxgrad, wise and venerable one, preeminent in modesty and modest formulations I mock not, nor now to the audience in feigned sotto voce, nor do I indulge any mean paraleipsis
Michael B says: jukeboxgrad, wise and venerable one, preeminent in modesty and modest formulations (I mock not, nor [now to the audience in feigned sotto voce], nor do I indulge any mean paraleipsis),