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paralipses

paralipses is the plural of paralipsis.

Meaning of paralipsis

Noun

paralipsis (countable and uncountable, plural paraleipses)

  1. (rhetoric) A figure of speech in which one pretends to ignore or omit something by actually mentioning it.
    • These negatives are a paraleipsis: what cannot be done to the soul can be done to the body.1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae

Questions about paralipses

What is paralipses the plural of?
Paralipses is the plural of paralipsis.

Words near paralipses in the dictionary

  1. paralinguistics
  2. paralinin
  3. paralious
  4. paralipomena
  5. paralipomenon
  6. paralipses
  7. paralipsis
  8. paraliptic
  9. paralist
  10. paraliterature
  11. paralithic

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