The rhetorical device called “paraleipsis” consists of emitting a response together with an autoclitic which asserts that the response is not being emitted: I will not mention the obvious lack of logic in what my opponent has just said. (p. 378)
Verbal Behavior: Extended Edition. Chapter 15: Self-Editing. Quote 16
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