Synonyms for "preterition" (17 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Noun(2 words)

paralipsisapophasis

blankchasm

Strong matches (5)

figure of speechmalapropismmetaphoromissionoverlook

Related words (8)

oversightparalepsissimileskipspeech

Noun(3 words)

paraleipsisparalepsispretermission

Related word relations

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4 relation types

More general

1 entries

rhetorical device

Synonyms

1 entries

paralepsis

has context

3 entries

legalrhetorictheology

related to

14 entries

disregarddoctrineelectfailuregodheirlegalnameomitpasspredestinatesalvationtestatorwill

Translations

12 translations across 8 languages.

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Bulgarian

2 entries

• пропуск noun (the act of passing by, disregarding or omitting)
• пропускане noun (the act of passing by, disregarding or omitting)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

• 略過 /略过 noun (the act of passing by, disregarding or omitting)

Galician

1 entries

• preterición noun (the act of passing by, disregarding or omitting)

Occitan

1 entries

• pretericion noun (the act of passing by, disregarding or omitting)

Polish

3 entries

• opuszczenie noun (the act of passing by, disregarding or omitting)
• paralipsa noun (the act of passing by, disregarding or omitting)
• pominięcie noun (the act of passing by, disregarding or omitting)

Portuguese

1 entries

• preterição noun (the act of passing by, disregarding or omitting)

Russian

2 entries

• умолча́ние noun (the act of passing by, disregarding or omitting)
• упуще́ние noun (the act of passing by, disregarding or omitting)

Spanish

1 entries

• preterición noun (the act of passing by, disregarding or omitting)

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