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preterition
DEFINITIONS OF:
preterition
1
n
suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted
Synonyms:
paraleipsis
,
paralepsis
,
paralipsis
Type of:
rhetorical device
a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)
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