Apophasis

Definition:

• (n.) 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.]

Compare apophasis with other words:

apophasis vs. apophysis

apophasis vs. euphemism

apophasis vs. paralipsis

apophasis vs. paraleipsis

apophasis vs. mentioned

apophasis vs. denying

allusion vs. apophasis