Definition
“The suggestion, by deliberately concise treatment of a topic, that much of significance is being omitted, as in “not to mention other faults.”
Dictionary.Com." Www.Dictionary.Com, 2022, https://www.dictionary.com/browse/paralipsis. Accessed 7 Sept 2022.
Informal Definition
Paralipsis is used when people want to make an attack but also seem good. For example, saying “I don't want this to come off sexist, but women can't do anything right”.
Etymology
From Ancient Greek παράλειψις (paráleipsis, “omission”), from παραλείπω (paraleípō, “I pass over”), from παρά (pará, “by, near”) + λείπω (leípō, “I leave”).
"Paralipsis - Wiktionary." En.Wiktionary.Org, 2022, https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/paralipsis. Accessed 6 Sept 2022.