Apophasis

A Praeteritio (also preterition, latin praeterire, pass over, leave out ') or paralipsis (also Paralipsis, Greek παράλειψις paraleipsis, omission ') is a rhetorical figure in which one pretending to be a topic to want to go ( a thought, an object ), but it just does mention by this announcement and so extra attention.

Examples

  • " Not to mention that ... "
  • " Mind you, I do not want to say that ... but ... "
  • "This is certainly not the place to point out that ... "
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