apophasis

Noun

Meaning

A figure by which a speaker formally declines to take notice of a favorable point, but in such a manner as to produce the effect desired. [For example, see Mark Antony's oration. Shak., Julius Caesar, iii. 2.]

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

simile speech metaphor figure of speech malapropism

Hypernyms

rhetorical device

Related terms

apophatic apo- apophatically

Examples

Hippolytus In Philosophumena Hippolytus provides an extensive quotation of the document called Apophasis Megale or Great Revelation which the author believed to be written by Simon himself. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

apophanous apophantic apophany apophatic apophatic theology apophatically