Apophasis



GRE 蓝宝

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.[修辞]表面否认要说的话 ( 实际承认)
• ［类］ apophasis : claim / oxymoron : paradox ( 表面否认法是用无证据的说法 / 矛盾修饰法是用似是而非的论点

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Late Latin, repudiation, from Greek, denial, negation, from apophanai to deny, from apo- + phanai to say — more at ban
• Date: 1657
• the raising of an issue by claiming not to mention it (as in “we won't discuss his past crimes”)

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