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

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca