paralipsis
A figure of speech in which one pretends to ignore or omit something by actually mentioning it.
countable, uncountable
These negatives are a paraleipsis: what cannot be done to the soul can be done to the body.
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek παράλειψις (paráleipsis, “omission”), from παραλείπω (paraleípō, “I pass over”), from παρά (pará, “by, near”) + λείπω (leípō, “I leave”).
Adapted from the Wiktionary entry paralipsis (CC BY-SA 4.0).