These negatives are a paraleipsis: what cannot be done to the soul can be done to the body.
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Paralipsis
//ˌpæ.ɹəˈlɪp.sɪs//
Synonyms for "paralipsis" (7 found)
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Noun(2 words)
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8 translations across 7 languages.
Finnish
1 entries- paralipsis noun (figure of speech — see also apophasis)
French
1 entries- paralipse noun (figure of speech — see also apophasis)
German
1 entries- Paralipse noun (figure of speech — see also apophasis)
Irish
1 entries- parathagra noun (figure of speech — see also apophasis)
Italian
2 entries- paralissi noun (figure of speech — see also apophasis)
- preterizione noun (figure of speech — see also apophasis)
Polish
1 entries- paralipsa noun (figure of speech — see also apophasis)
Spanish
1 entries- paralipsis noun (figure of speech — see also apophasis)
Sample sentences
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Oxenberg tells us twice that she does not talk about the sister who died. She fools no one with this paralipsis […].
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What's left to consider? I am loath to bring up Trump's paralipsis.
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