autoclesis

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noun

The arousing of interest in something by mentioning it in a negative or dismissive way.

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Meanings

nounautoclesis (uncountable)
  1. rhetoricuncountableThe arousing of interest in something by mentioning it in a negative or dismissive way.

    The author's rhetorical use of autoclesis is loaded.

    2016, Jeannette Baxter, J.G. Ballard's Surrealist Imagination: Spectacular Authorship
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APA

autoclesis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autoclesis

MLA

“autoclesis.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autoclesis. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autoclesis,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autoclesis.

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