陽よう否ひ陰いん述じゅつ

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.