Anticipating and answering objections in advance

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Prolepsis may refer to: Prolepsis (album) , by Arrogance Prolepsis (rhetoric) , a figure of speech in which the speaker raises an objection and then immediately answers it Cataphora , using an expression or word that co-refers with a later expression in ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1570s, "the taking of something anticipated as already done or existing," from Latin prolepsis , from Greek prolepsis "an anticipating," literally "a taking beforehand," from prolambanein "to take before," from pro- "before" (see pro- ) + lambanein "to ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context rhetoric English) The assignment of something to a period of time that precedes it. 2 (context logic English) The anticipation of an objection to an argument. 3 (context grammar rhetoric English) A construction that consists of placing an ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Prolepsis \Pro*lep"sis\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, from ? to take beforehand; ? before + ? to take.] (Rhet.) A figure by which objections are anticipated or prevented. --Abp. Bramhall. A necessary truth or assumption; a first or assumed principle. (Chron.) An ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. anticipating and answering objections in advance [also: prolepses (pl)]