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praeteritio is paraleipsis noun
para·leip·sis | \ ˌparəˈlīpsəs , -lāp- \
variants: or paralepsis -lep- \ or paralipsis -lip- \
plural paraleipses or paralepses or paralipses-p(ˌ)sēz \
Definition of Paraleipsis
: a passing over with brief mention in order to emphasize rhetorically the suggestiveness of what is omitted (as in “I confine to this page the volume of his treacheries and debaucheries”)
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History and Etymology for Paraleipsis
Late Latin & Greek; Late Latin paraleipsis, paralipsis, from Greek paraleipsis neglect, omission, paraleipsis, from paraleipein to neglect, omit, leave untold (from para- PARA- entry 1 + leipein to leave) + -sis
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Definition
Praeteritio is a rhetorical term for the argumentative strategy of calling attention to a point by seeming to disregard it. Also spelled preteritio.
Praeteritio, also known as occultatio ("gossip's trope"), is virtually identical to apophasis and paralepsis.
Heinrich Lausberg defines praeteritio as "the announcement of the intention to leave certain things out. . . . [This] announcement and the fact that the items are mentioned in the enumeration lend irony to praeteritio" (Handbook of Literary Rhetoric, 1973; trans, 1998).