| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| apophasis |
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| SYLLABICATION: | a·poph·a·sis |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -p f -s s |
| NOUN: | Allusion to something by denying that it will be mentioned, as in I will not bring up my opponent's questionable financial dealings. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Late Latin, from Greek, from apophanai, to say no : apo-, apo- + phanai, to say; see bh -2 in Appendix I.
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