Associations to the word «Apophasis»

Adjective

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Wiktionary

APOPHASIS, noun. (rhetoric) An allusion to something by denying that it will be mentioned

Dictionary definition

APOPHASIS, noun. Mentioning something by saying it will not be mentioned.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats