Preterition, proslepsis or apophasis, not to mention the many other derivatives with either (late) latin or greek root: praeteritio(n), occupatio on the one hand, cataphasis, paralipsis, parasiopesis on the other hand.
While they vary with sources, nuances might be:
- proslepsis: the pretence of passing over a subject while at the same time describing it fully,
- apophasis: an allusion to something by denying that it will be mentioned,
- praeterition: a rhetorical device in which the speaker emphasizes something by omitting it.
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