meaning of apophasis

1. A figure by which a speaker formally declines to take notice of a favorable point, but in such a manner as to produce the effect desired. [For example, see Mark Antonys oration. Shak. , Julius Caesar, iii. 2. ]
2.
mentioning something by saying it will not be mentioned


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