PARALIPSIS (paraleipses)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: paraleipses   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does paralipsis mean? 

• PARALIPSIS (noun)
  The noun PARALIPSIS has 1 sense:

1. suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted

  Familiarity information: PARALIPSIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PARALIPSIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Suggesting by deliberately concise treatment that much of significance is omitted

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

paraleipsis; paralepsis; paralipsis; preterition

Hypernyms ("paralipsis" is a kind of...):

rhetorical device (a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance))