Prolepsis
noun, plural prolepses
[proh-lep-seez] /proʊˈlɛp siz/ (Show IPA)
1.
Rhetoric. the anticipation of possible objections in order to answer them in advance.
2.
the assigning of a person, event, etc., to a period earlier than the actual one; the representation of something in the future as if it already existed or had occurred; prochronism.
3.
the use of a descriptive word in anticipation of its becoming applicable.
4.
a fundamental conception or assumption in Epicureanism or Stoicism arising spontaneously in the mind without conscious reflection; thought provoked by sense perception.
5.
Pathology. the return of an attack of a periodic disease or of a paroxysm before the expected time or at progressively shorter intervals.
noun (pl) -ses (-siːz)
1.
a rhetorical device by which objections are anticipated and answered in advance
2.
use of a word after a verb in anticipation of its becoming applicable through the action of the verb, as flat in hammer it flat
prolepsis pro·lep·sis (prō-lěp’sĭs)
n. pro·lep·ses (-sēz)
The return of paroxysms of a recurrent disease at intervals that progressively become shorter.
pro·lep’tic (-lěp’tĭk) adj.
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