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Apophasis

Apophasis (; from Ancient Greekἀπόφασις (apóphasis), from ἀπόφημι (apóphemi)'to say no') is a rhetorical device wherein the speaker or writer brings up a subject by either denying it, or denying that it should be brought up.

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