Word of the Day – Preterition

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.”