Meaning Of The Word Paraleipsis

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What's The Definition Of Paraleipsis?

paraleipsis in American English
a rhetorical device in which a point is stressed by suggesting that it is too obvious or well-known to mention, as in the phrase, “not to mention the expense involved”
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