アポファシス

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

apophasis

Rare rhetorical term for mentioning something by saying you won't mention it, e.g. 'I won't even mention his past mistakes.' Used in academic or literary contexts.

• 「彼かれの過か去この失しっ敗ぱいについては触ふれないが」という言いい回まわしはアポファシスの一いち例れいだ。

  The phrase 'I won't mention his past failures' is an example of apophasis.