陽よう否ひ陰いん述じゅつ

よ

う

ひ

い

ん

じゅ

つ

Meanings

1

noun

apophasis

A rhetorical device where the speaker brings up a subject by denying it will be mentioned. Rare, technical term used in rhetoric and literary analysis.

「彼かれ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

陽よう

否ひ

陰いん

述じゅつ

の

一いち

例れい

だ

。

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