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‖ apophasis Rhet.|əˈpɒfəsɪs| [L., a. Gr. ἀπόϕασις denial, f. ἀπο-ϕάναι to ‘speak off,’ deny.]
1657J. Smith Myst. Rhet. 164 Apophasis..a kind of an Irony, whereby we deny that we say or doe that which we especially say or doe. 1753Chambers Cycl. Supp., Apophasis..whereby we really say or advise a thing under a feigned show of passing over, or dissuading it. [In mod. Dicts.] |