🗣️apophasis (apophasis)

noun
/əˈpɒfəsɪs/
apophase (apofasis)

Signification

A rhetorical device where the speaker brings up a subject by denying it or pretending to pass over it.
Traduction de la signification
une figure de style consistant a evoquer un sujet en le niant ou en faisant semblant de le passer sous silence
a rhetorical figure where the speaker brings up a subject by denying it or pretending to pass over it

Phrases d'exemple

The politician used apophasis by saying, 'I won’t even mention my opponent’s scandals.'

Le politicien a utilisé l'apophase en disant : « Je ne mentionnerai même pas les scandales de mon adversaire. »
le politicien a utilise l apophase en disant je ne mentionnerai meme pas les scandales de mon adversaire

Synonymes

paralipsis, preterition, rhetorical device, insinuation

Antonymes

direct mention, explicit statement

Collocations

use apophasis, rhetorical apophasis, classic apophasis

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