Definition of preterition in English:

preterition

noun ˌpriːtəˈrɪʃ(ə)nˌprɛdəˈrɪʃ(ə)n

mass noun

1The action of passing over or disregarding a matter, especially the rhetorical technique of mentioning something by professing to omit it.
省略（尤指修辞手法），不提；忽略，遗漏
the favourite rhetorical trope of the historical novelists is preterition, saying that you are not going to say something and thereby saying it
count noun he made successive preteritions
Example sentencesExamples
- New England settlers, true believers in election and preterition, helped found a country where free will is given vast rein.
- If Iago / Janus sees backward, he also most of the time speaks backward through the use of preterition or chiasmus, in which the language is turned at one and the same time both ways, towards the right and towards the left.
- That, dear readers, was as fine an example of preterition as you're likely to see on the Internet on a Wednesday morning.
2(in Calvinist theology) the state of not being predestined to salvation.

Origin

Late 16th century: from late Latin praeteritio(n-), from praeterire 'pass, go by'.

Definition of preterition in US English:

preterition

nounˌprɛdəˈrɪʃ(ə)nˌpredəˈriSH(ə)n

1The action of passing over or disregarding a matter, especially the rhetorical technique of mentioning something by professing to omit it.
省略（尤指修辞手法），不提；忽略，遗漏
the favourite rhetorical trope of the historical novelists is preterition, saying that you are not going to say something and thereby saying it
Example sentencesExamples
- If Iago / Janus sees backward, he also most of the time speaks backward through the use of preterition or chiasmus, in which the language is turned at one and the same time both ways, towards the right and towards the left.
- That, dear readers, was as fine an example of preterition as you're likely to see on the Internet on a Wednesday morning.
- New England settlers, true believers in election and preterition, helped found a country where free will is given vast rein.
2(in Calvinist theology) the state of not being predestined to salvation.

Origin

Late 16th century: from late Latin praeteritio(n-), from praeterire ‘pass, go by’.

词汇	preterition
释义	Definition of preterition in English: preterition noun ˌpriːtəˈrɪʃ(ə)nˌprɛdəˈrɪʃ(ə)n mass noun 1The action of passing over or disregarding a matter, especially the rhetorical technique of mentioning something by professing to omit it. 省略（尤指修辞手法），不提；忽略，遗漏 the favourite rhetorical trope of the historical novelists is preterition, saying that you are not going to say something and thereby saying it count noun he made successive preteritions Example sentencesExamples New England settlers, true believers in election and preterition, helped found a country where free will is given vast rein. If Iago / Janus sees backward, he also most of the time speaks backward through the use of preterition or chiasmus, in which the language is turned at one and the same time both ways, towards the right and towards the left. That, dear readers, was as fine an example of preterition as you're likely to see on the Internet on a Wednesday morning. 2(in Calvinist theology) the state of not being predestined to salvation. Origin Late 16th century: from late Latin praeteritio(n-), from praeterire 'pass, go by'. Definition of preterition in US English: preterition nounˌprɛdəˈrɪʃ(ə)nˌpredəˈriSH(ə)n 1The action of passing over or disregarding a matter, especially the rhetorical technique of mentioning something by professing to omit it. 省略（尤指修辞手法），不提；忽略，遗漏 the favourite rhetorical trope of the historical novelists is preterition, saying that you are not going to say something and thereby saying it Example sentencesExamples If Iago / Janus sees backward, he also most of the time speaks backward through the use of preterition or chiasmus, in which the language is turned at one and the same time both ways, towards the right and towards the left. That, dear readers, was as fine an example of preterition as you're likely to see on the Internet on a Wednesday morning. New England settlers, true believers in election and preterition, helped found a country where free will is given vast rein. 2(in Calvinist theology) the state of not being predestined to salvation. Origin Late 16th century: from late Latin praeteritio(n-), from praeterire ‘pass, go by’.
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