paralipsis

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Concepten

paralipsis

paraleipsis

preteritio

praeteritio

Synoniemen

paraleipsis

paralepsis

preterition

praeteritio

Vertalingen

paralipsi

Paralipse

prétérition

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˌpæ.ɹəˈlɪp.sɪs/

Etymologie (Engels)

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