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Word of the Day – Preterition

By April 15, 2022Word of the Day

Preterition (noun)

pree-ter-ish-un

The action of passing over or disregarding a matter, especially the rhetorical technique of mentioning something by professing to omit it.

Late 16th century from late Latin praeteritio(n-), from praeterire ‘pass, go by’.

Example sentences

“Historical novelists have a tendency to preterition as a rhetorical trope.”

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