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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