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Pronunciation: par-a-lip'-sis

Definition

Stating and drawing attention to something in the very act of pretending to pass it over. A kind of irony.

Sources

from Gk. para, "side" and leipein, "to leave" ("to leave to one side") Also sp. paraleipsis, paralepsis antiphrasis, parasiopesis occultatio, occupatio, praeteritio, preteritio, praetermissio the passager, preterition