paralipsisとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Ancient Greek παράλειψις (paráleipsis, “omission”), from παραλείπω (paraleípō, “I pass over”), from παρά (pará, “by, near”) + λείπω (leípō, “I leave”).

発音

• (英国発音, 米国発音) IPA: /ˌpæ.ɹəˈlɪp.sɪs/

名詞

paralipsis (countable and uncountable, plural paraleipses)

1. (rhetoric, linguistics) A figure of speech in which one pretends to ignore or omit something by actually mentioning it. [from 16th c.]

   Synonyms: apophasis, preterition

   • 1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae:

     These negatives are a paraleipsis: what cannot be done to the soul can be done to the body.

   • 2008, Alisa Lebow, First Person Jewish, page 60:

     Oxenberg tells us twice that she does not talk about the sister who died. She fools no one with this paralipsis […] .

   • 2016 November 2, Slate:

     What's left to consider? I am loath to bring up Trump's paralipsis.

派生語

• paraliptic