paralipsis.

A rhetorical device that introduces something by professing not to mention it.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• rhetorical paralipsis
• deliberate paralipsis

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‘I will not discuss the missing money’ introduced it through paralipsis.

Her paralipsis brought the accusation into the room without stating it directly.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary. Forms: Singular paralipsis; plural paralipses. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.