An apophasis is an allusion to something by denying it will be mentioned.
Apophasis is a rhetorical device where one brings up a subject by denying that it should be brought up. For example, "I'm not going to mention my opponent's lack of experience in politics, because that wouldn't be fair."
Apophasis. For example "I won't even mention his failures."
Apophasis
An example of apophasis is when a speaker says, "I won't even mention the fact that my opponent has been accused of corruption," thereby bringing attention to the accusation without directly stating it. This rhetorical device allows the speaker to highlight an issue while ostensibly claiming to ignore it, effectively drawing the audience's focus to the subject.
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 12 words with the pattern AP--H----. That is, nine letter words with 1st letter A and 2nd letter P and 5th letter H. In alphabetical order, they are: apathaton apathetic apishness apophases apophasis apophatic apophyges apophyses apophysis apotheces apothecia apothegms
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 14 words with the pattern A-O---S--. That is, nine letter words with 1st letter A and 3rd letter O and 7th letter S. In alphabetical order, they are: abortuses acosmisms acosmists amorously amortised amortises apophases apophasis apophyses apophysis apoplasts apoptoses apoptosis axoplasms
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 7 words with the pattern AP-P--S--. That is, nine letter words with 1st letter A and 2nd letter P and 4th letter P and 7th letter S. In alphabetical order, they are: apophases apophasis apophyses apophysis apoplasts apoptoses apoptosis
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 9 words with the pattern APO-H----. That is, nine letter words with 1st letter A and 2nd letter P and 3rd letter O and 5th letter H. In alphabetical order, they are: apophases apophasis apophatic apophyges apophyses apophysis apotheces apothecia apothegms
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 20 words with the pattern ----HAS--. That is, nine letter words with 5th letter H and 6th letter A and 7th letter S. In alphabetical order, they are: anaphases anaphasic apophases apophasis balthasar dysphasia dysphasic isochasms overhaste overhasty posthaste prophases prophasic purchased purchaser purchases rakshasas rakshases subchaser subphases
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 20 words with the pattern ---PH-S-S. That is, nine letter words with 4th letter P and 5th letter H and 7th letter S and 9th letter S. In alphabetical order, they are: anaphases apophases apophasis apophyses apophysis diaphyses diaphysis epiphyses epiphysis gomphoses gomphosis morphoses morphosis prophases psephisms sapphisms sapphists subphases symphyses symphysis
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 140 words with the pattern -----AS-S. That is, nine letter words with 6th letter A and 7th letter S and 9th letter S. In alphabetical order, they are: abraxases acariases acariasis aldolases amebiases amebiasis anaphases anastases anastasis antepasts antimasks apophases apophasis apoplasts apsarases arginases axoplasms backcasts bioblasts bioplasms bioplasts bookcases bootlasts braatases cardcases caritases catabases catabasis catalases chiliasms chiliasts contrasts csardases czardases databases decreases degreases deskfasts diastases diastasis dioptases doorcases downcasts ekphrases ekphrasis elastases elegiasts encreases endocasts epiblasts epistases epistasis esterases exoplasms facemasks firebases forecasts foremasts freebases fumarases gearcases handfasts headcases headfasts holdfasts idocrases increases isochasms ixodiases ixodiasis jurymasts katabases katabasis kielbasas kilobases klipdases lithiases lithiasis mainmasts makefasts messiases metabases metabasis misbiases molecasts mydriases mydriasis myoblasts neoblasts neoplasms newscasts notecases nucleases outboasts outfeasts overcasts overmasts overtasks parabases parabasis pederasts permeases phantasms phantasts plateasms pleonasms pleonasts portlasts prophases proteases psoriases psoriasis purchases rakshasas rakshases rephrases rheobases sannyasis seacoasts seedcases showcases slipcases subleases subphases suitcases surceases symplasts taeniases taeniasis teargases telecasts tieclasps typecases typecasts utopiasts vanitases verglases whereases wormcasts zooblasts
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