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Apophasis
UK
/əˈpɒfəsɪs/
US
/əˈpɑːfəˌsɪs/
Translation of "apophasis" into Russian
apophasis
Noun
UK
/əˈpɒfəsɪs/
US
/əˈpɑːfəˌsɪs/
apophasis
apophases pl
The speaker used apophasis to bring up a topic without directly addressing it.
Оратор использовал апофазис, чтобы затронуть тему, не обращаясь к ней напрямую.
Definitions
apophasis
Noun
UK
/əˈpɒfəsɪs/
US
/əˈpɑːfəˌsɪs/
A rhetorical device where the speaker or writer brings up a subject by either denying it or denying that it should be brought up.
In his speech, the politician used apophasis to criticize his opponent by saying, 'I won't even mention the numerous scandals he's been involved in.'
In theology, an approach to speaking about the divine that proceeds by negation, asserting what God is not rather than what God is; negative theology.
The monk's treatise is a classic exercise in apophasis, declaring that God is ineffable and beyond all human categories.