paralipsis

• paralepsis, paraleipsis

From Ancient Greek παράλειψις (paráleipsis, “omission”), from παραλείπω (paraleípō, “I pass over”), from παρά (pará, “by, near”) + λείπω (leípō, “I leave”).

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˌpæ.ɹəˈlɪp.sɪs/

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paralipsis (countable and uncountable, plural paraleipses)

1. (rhetoric, linguistics) A figure of speech in which one pretends to ignore or omit something by actually mentioning it. [from 16th c.]

   Synonyms: apophasis, preterition

   • 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:

     These negatives are a paraleipsis: what cannot be done to the soul can be done to the body.

   • 2008, Alisa Lebow, First Person Jewish, page 60:

     Oxenberg tells us twice that she does not talk about the sister who died. She fools no one with this paralipsis […] .

   • 2016 November 2, Slate:

     What's left to consider? I am loath to bring up Trump's paralipsis.

• paraliptic

From Ancient Greek παράλειψις (paráleipsis).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑrɑlipsis/, [ˈpɑ̝rɑ̝ˌlips̠is̠]
• Rhymes: -ipsis
• Syllabification^(key): pa‧ra‧lip‧sis
• Hyphenation^(key): pa‧ra‧lip‧sis

paralipsis

1. (rhetoric) paraleipsis

   Synonyms: apofaasi, katafaasi, preteritio

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παράλειψις (paráleipsis, “omission”).

• IPA^(key): /paɾaˈlibsis/ [pa.ɾaˈliβ̞.sis]
• Rhymes: -ibsis
• Syllabification: pa‧ra‧lip‧sis

paralipsis f (plural paralipsis)

1. (rhetoric) paraleipsis

• “paralipsis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024