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OP cataphasis: a kind of paralipsis in which one explicitly affirms the negative qualities that one then passes over.
apophasis: allusion to something by denying that it will be mentioned, as in I will not bring up my opponent's questionable financial dealings.
paraleipsis: pretended or apparent omission 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...
Last edited by Person_Man; 03/07/06 01:06 PM.
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted apophasis / paraleipsis Person_Man 03/06/06 02:30 AM Re: apophasis / paraleipsis tsuwm 03/06/06 03:50 AM Re: apophasis / paraleipsis Person_Man 03/06/06 03:58 AM Re: apophasis / paraleipsis Faldage 03/06/06 11:20 AM Re: apophasis / paraleipsis maverick 03/06/06 12:41 PM And then there were three Person_Man 03/06/06 02:00 PM Re: And then there were three maverick 03/06/06 02:08 PM apophasis Person_Man 03/07/06 12:52 PM Re: apophasis TEd Remington 03/07/06 01:20 PM Re: apophasis maverick 03/07/06 02:33 PM Re: apophasis belMarduk 03/07/06 03:11 PM Re: apophasis maverick 03/07/06 04:41 PM
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