| cataphasis | |
| kat-af'-a-sis | Gk. "an affirmation" |
| affirmation | |
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A kind of paralipsis in which one explicitly affirms the negative qualities that one then passes over. | |
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| I will say nothing here of his fraudulent practices. | ||
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| Sources: | Bullinger 487 | |
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