There is even a rhetorical figure of speech called apophasis (from the Greek word for "to deny"), in which the speaker stresses an idea by denying or negating it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Joseph Romm: What's in a Name? If it's "No Child Left Behind," You Might be Surprised] Reference

This notion is so core to rhetoric that the ancient Greeks even had a figure of speech named for it -- apophasis, (from the Greek word for "to deny"), the figure of speech that emphasizes a point by pretending to deny it, that stresses an idea or image by negating it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Joseph Romm: Obama's Self-Defeating Rhetoric] Reference

Sorry, but that sounds more like apophasis than explanation.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » A Suggestion for Tea Partiers:] Reference

Because there are all kinds of lying--deliberate obfuscation, apophasis, appeals to emotion, etc.    From Wordnik.com.  [Steve Janke and dead, sodomized hookers? Hey, I'm just sayin'.] Reference

I feel like declaring a public war on this species of weak claim, which is just another instance of apophasis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Steve Janke and dead, sodomized hookers? Hey, I'm just sayin'.] Reference

Thus, every assertion is either the affirmation kataphasis or the denial (apophasis) of a single predicate of a single subject.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aristotle's Logic] Reference

In the example of apophasis, a statement in better faith would be to simply assert what one wants to directly and hopefully, back it up with evidence of some kind rather than imply it with plausible deniability built right in.    From Wordnik.com.  [Steve Janke and dead, sodomized hookers? Hey, I'm just sayin'.] Reference

N. - non-sexual reproduction. apomictic, adj. apophasis.    From Wordnik.com.  [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference

I.e., apophasis may be useful in theology, but it’s much less useful in politics or engineering, IMO.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » On Patriotism] Reference

LOL — for folks who looked up “apophasis”, you seem to have great difficulty in understanding even basic stuff: if Joe says Bob is a moron, and Mike says Joe is a fool — precisely speaking, Mike isn’t defending Bob.    From Wordnik.com.  [Matthew Yglesias » Head of State] Reference

This is apocalyptic apophasis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Joseph Romm: What's in a Name? If it's "No Child Left Behind," You Might be Surprised] Reference

Negation (of a term): apophasis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aristotle's Logic] Reference

Denial (of a proposition): apophasis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aristotle's Logic] Reference

Federal Dog, please tell me how this apophasis.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » A Suggestion for Tea Partiers:] Reference

“apophasis,” meaning negation or “saying away”) is contrasted with kataphatic mysticism (from the Greek, “kataphasis,” meaning affirmation or.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mysticism] Reference

You misunderstand apophasis.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » A Suggestion for Tea Partiers:] Reference

And Rick jumps right in with an apophasis.    From Wordnik.com.  [2 Political Junkies] Reference

“denial of a proposition”) contrary: enantion definition: horos, horismos demonstration: apodeixis denial (of a proposition): apophasis dialectic: dialektikê differentia: diaphora; specific difference, eidopoios diaphora distinctive: idios, idion end: telos essence: to ti ên einai, to ti esti essential: en tôi ti esti, en tôi ti ên einai (of predications); kath™ hauto (of attributes) exist: einai explanation: aition, aitia final cause: hou heneka (literally, “what something is for”) form: eidos, morphê formula: logos function: ergon genus: genos homonymous: homônumon immediate: amesos impossible: adunaton in respect of itself: kath™ hauto individual: atomon, tode ti induction: epagôgê infinite: apeiron kind: genos, eidos knowledge: epistêmê matter: hulê movement: kinêsis nature: phusis negation (of a term): apophasis particular: en merei, epi meros (of a proposition); kath'hekaston (of individuals) peculiar: idios, idion per se: kath™ hauto perception: aisthêsis perplexit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aristotle's Metaphysics] Reference