1. Plural of paraleipsis; a rhetorical device in which a speaker deliberately omits or passes over something while pretending to do so, often to draw attention to it.
Usage: literary; rhetoric; also spelled paralepsis or preterition

Examples

• The speaker used paraleipses to emphasize the scandal by saying, 'I won't even mention the corruption that occurred.'
• In her essay, she employed paraleipses to highlight the author's flaws without directly stating them.
• The politician's paraleipses—repeatedly saying 'I'm not going to discuss' certain topics—actually made them the focus of attention.
• Literary critics identified several paraleipses in the novel where the narrator pretended to skip over crucial details.
• By using paraleipses, the advertisement suggested the competitor's weakness without naming it outright.