I'm looking for a single word that describes the practice of "expressing a feeling/assessment by first denying that feeling/assessment". Here is an example of that practice: "I'm not saying you're wrong but there is no evidence to support your assertion". Or: "I'm not saying you're overweight but you could stand to lose a few pounds". Or, "I don't think I'm perfect but I rarely make mistakes". I've checked the thesaurus: "irony" is the closest fit, but isn't quite right.  As in..     I don't know what my wife truly meant when she uttered the _________: "I'm not saying I don't love you anymore, but I just feel that we need a trial separation ".
Topical example:  'There was a scuffle outside the local pub. There appears to be no connection with religious extremists.'  ...but now you're wondering if there was. It's a nasty tactic used to raise fear and doubt - deliberately calling attention to something by explicitly denying it.  What's the term for this?
Hide and seek game $A$ and $B$ go to the Senate to play a game of Hide-and-Seek. There are $100$ rooms in the Senate, and $B$ picks one of them and hides there till the game ends.  $A$, at the beginning of every turn, picks one room and searches in it. Since he is human and thus fallible, he only has a $60\%$ chance of finding $B$ if she is in fact hiding in the room. If he fails to find her in the room, $B$'s score increases by one, and the next turn starts, whereupon $A$ must pick another room to check (he can also check the same room again). $B$ remains in the room she initially chose.  Given that $A$ and $B$ play with perfect strategies, what is the expected value of $B$'s score at the end of the game?  I tried with $1$ room. There is only one hiding place for $B$. So the expected score of $$B = \sum_{n=1}^{\infty}0.4^{n-1}0.6(n-1)=\frac{2}{3}.$$ How can energy be useful when it is 'abstract'? Are all oscillatory motions periodic motions? 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I'm passing through Canada, on my way to somewhere else. I'm staying only a short time.   Is there a website, or some other way of find out out if I need a visa? color code in SharePoint calendar