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PRETERITION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted
Synonyms:
paraleipsis; paralepsis; paralipsis; preterition
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("preterition" is a kind of...):
rhetorical device (a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance))
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