preterition
noun
Forms preteritions praeteritio praeterition præterition
- noun The act of passing by, disregarding or omitting.
- noun (rhetoric) Synonym of paralipsis.
- noun (law) The failure of a testator to name a legal heir in their will.
- noun (theology) The doctrine that God passes over the non-elect in electing to eternal life those predestinated to salvation.
Synonyms
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praeteritiō, from praetereō (“to omit”).
Webster’s 1913
- noun The act of passing, or going past; the state of being past. Bp.
- noun A figure by which, in pretending to pass over anything, a summary mention of it is made; as, "I will not say, he is valiant, he is learned, he is just." Called also paraleipsis.
Etymology [L. praeteritio: cf. F. prétérition.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “preterition”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details