Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
mentioning something by saying it will not be mentioned;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Apophasis \A*poph"a*sis\ ([.a]*p[o^]f"[.a]*s[i^]s), n. [Gr.
'apo`fasis denial, fr. 'apofa`nai to speak out, to deny.]
(Rhet.)
A figure by which a speaker formally declines to take notice
of a favorable point, but in such a manner as to produce the
effect desired. [For example, see Mark Antony's oration.
--Shak., Julius C[ae]sar, iii. 2.]
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
apophasis
n 1: mentioning something by saying it will not be mentioned