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proslepsis

proslepsis noun: the pretence of passing over a subject while at the same time describing it fully.

Noun

proslepsis (uncountable)

  1. (rhetoric) The pretence of passing over a subject while at the same time describing it fully.

Origin of proslepsis

From the Ancient Greek πρόσληψις (próslēpsis).

Questions about proslepsis

What does proslepsis mean?
Proslepsis means the pretence of passing over a subject while at the same time describing it fully.
What part of speech is proslepsis?
Proslepsis is a noun.

Words near proslepsis in the dictionary

  1. proslavery
  2. proslaveryism
  3. proslavic
  4. proslavist
  5. proslavists
  6. proslepsis
  7. prosleptic
  8. proso
  9. proso millet
  10. proso millets
  11. proso-

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