"procatalepsis" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌpɹəʊkætəˈlɛpsɪs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-procatalepsis.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek προ- (pro-, “before”) + κατάληψις (katálēpsis, “act of seizing”), via Latin procatalepsis (“anticipating and answering an objection”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|προ-||before}} Ancient Greek προ- (pro-, “before”), {{m|grc|κατάληψις||act of seizing}} κατάληψις (katálēpsis, “act of seizing”), {{bor|en|la|procatalepsis||anticipating and answering an objection}} Latin procatalepsis (“anticipating and answering an objection”) Head templates: {{head|en|noun}} procatalepsis
  1. (rhetoric) A rhetorical exercise in which the speaker raises an objection to his own argument and then immediately answers it, in an attempt to strengthen the argument by dealing with possible counter-arguments. Tags: rhetoric Categories (topical): Rhetoric
    Sense id: en-procatalepsis-en-noun-bSiZ8RDF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 36 33
  2. (rhetoric) Rebuttal of anticipated objections. Tags: rhetoric Categories (topical): Rhetoric Synonyms: prebuttal, preemption, prolepsis
    Sense id: en-procatalepsis-en-noun-yKJSEdyD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 36 33
  3. (grammar) Left dislocation. Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-procatalepsis-en-noun-qD4lCBRV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 32 36 33 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: procataleptic, inb4, straw man

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