How do you pronounce paralipsis?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˌpæ.ɹəˈlɪp.sɪs/.

paralipsis

/ˌpæ.ɹəˈlɪp.sɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: par-alip-sis
IPA: /ˌpæ.ɹəˈlɪp.sɪs/

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Meaning

noun

A figure of speech in which one pretends to ignore or omit something by actually mentioning it.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"These negatives are a paraleipsis: what cannot be done to the soul can be done to the body."
"Oxenberg tells us twice that she does not talk about the sister who died. She fools no one with this paralipsis […]."
"What's left to consider? I am loath to bring up Trump's paralipsis."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παράλειψις (paráleipsis, “omission”), from παραλείπω (paraleípō, “I pass over”), from παρά (pará, “by, near”) + λείπω (leípō, “I leave”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: παράλειψις, *preh₂-

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌpæ.ɹəˈlɪp.sɪs/
British English: /ˌpæ.ɹəˈlɪp.sɪs/

Usage

Inflected Forms

paraleipses (plural) paralepsis (alternative) paraleipsis (alternative)

Derived Forms

paraliptic

Synonyms

apophasis preterition paralepsis paraleipsis