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Apophasis

//əˈpɑf.ə.sɪs// noun

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Noun

1
An allusion to something by denying that it will be mentioned. countable, rhetoric, uncountable
"Apophasis, affecting to conceal; What it would seem to hide, will yet reveal."
2
mentioning something by saying it will not be mentioned wordnet
3
A process of arriving at knowledge by statements of denial; particularly, developing a concept of God through negative assertions about his nature. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Via Late Latin apophasis from Ancient Greek ἀπόφασις (apóphasis, “denial, negation”) from ἀπο- (apo-, “away, from, off”) + φάσις (phásis, “statement, proposition”) from φημί (phēmí, “to speak”) from Proto-Hellenic *pʰā́mā from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂; whence Latin fārī, cognate to fame, fable.

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