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)
omission by implicationparaleipsis
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4 entriesdiscourse strategyfigure of speechlinguistic devicerhetorical device
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6 entriesfigure of speechimplied critiqueindirect referenceomission by designpolitical rhetoricrhetorical device
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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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