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Definition of Prolepsis
1. Noun. Anticipating and answering objections in advance.
Definition of Prolepsis
1. n. A figure by which objections are anticipated or prevented.
Definition of Prolepsis
1. Noun. (rhetoric) The assignment of something to a period of time that precedes it. ¹
2. Noun. (logic) The anticipation of an objection to an argument. ¹
3. Noun. (grammar rhetoric) A construction that consists of placing an element in a syntactic unit before that to which it would logically correspond. ¹
4. Noun. (philosophy epistemology) A so-called "preconception", i.e. a pre-theoretical notion which can lead to true knowledge of the world. (rfex) ¹
5. Noun. (botany) Growth in which lateral branches develop from a lateral meristem, after the formation of a bud or following a period of dormancy, when the lateral meristem is split from a terminal meristem. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prolepsis
1. [n -LEPSES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prolepsis
Literary usage of Prolepsis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bacchae by Euripides (1893)
"Plural verb with neuter plural, 078. Present tense referring to past event, 2.
prolepsis, 69, 183, 1055. Repetition of words in Euripides,68. ..."
2. The Works of John Owen by John Owen (1826)
"The prolepsis* of divine justice general. The divisions of justice, according to
Aristotle. The sentiments of the schoolmen respecting- these. ..."
3. A Rhetorical Grammar: In which Improprieties in Reading and Speaking are by John Walker (1822)
"prolepsis or Anticipation, is a figure, by which the speaker suggests an objection
to what he is advancing, and returns an answer to it. ..."
4. Quintilian's Institutes of Oratory: Or, Education of an Orator by Quintilian (1876)
"Of prolepsis or anticipation, 16—18. Doubt, 19. Communication or pretence of
consultation with the audience, 20—24. Permission, 25. ..."
5. Rational Psychology: Or, The Subjective Idea and the Objective Law of All by Laurens Perseus Hickok (1854)
"SECTION I. THE ATTAINMENT OP AN APRIORI POSITION THROUGH A prolepsis. ALL intuition
is an immediate beholding. In the primitive intuition we immediately ..."
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