"prolepsis" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pɹoʊˈlɛpsɪs/ Forms: prolepses [plural]
Etymology: From Latin prolepsis, from Ancient Greek πρόληψις (prólēpsis, “preconception, anticipation”), from προλαμβάνω (prolambánō, “take beforehand, anticipate”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|prolepsis|}} Latin prolepsis, {{der|en|grc|πρόληψις||preconception, anticipation}} Ancient Greek πρόληψις (prólēpsis, “preconception, anticipation”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|prolepses}} prolepsis (countable and uncountable, plural prolepses)
  1. (rhetoric) The assignment of something to a period of time that precedes it. Tags: countable, rhetoric, uncountable Categories (topical): Rhetoric
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  2. (rhetoric) The anticipation of an objection to an argument. Tags: countable, rhetoric, uncountable Categories (topical): Rhetoric Synonyms (anticipation of objection to an argument): procatalepsis, prebuttal Translations ((rhetoric) the anticipation of an objection to an argument): prolepse [feminine] (French), πρόληψη (prólipsi) [feminine] (Greek), réamhthagra [masculine] (Irish)
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  3. (grammar, rhetoric) A construction that consists of placing an element in a syntactic unit before that to which it would logically correspond. Tags: countable, rhetoric, uncountable Categories (topical): Grammar, Rhetoric Translations (grammatical construction): prolepse [feminine] (French), Prolepsis [feminine] (German), Prolepse [feminine] (German), πρόληψη (prólipsi) [feminine] (Greek), réamhthagra [masculine] (Irish), prolepsis [masculine, plural] (Spanish), pangunguna (Tagalog)
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  4. (philosophy, epistemology) A so-called "preconception", i.e. a pre-theoretical notion which can lead to true knowledge of the world. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Epistemology, Philosophy Translations (philosophical concept): réamhthagra [masculine] (Irish)
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  5. (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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Botany
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  6. (narratology) The practice of placing information about the ending of a story near the beginning, as a literary device. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Narratology
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: left dislocation [rhetoric] [grammar, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], cataphora [rhetoric] [grammar, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], anachronism [narratology, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], flashforward [narratology, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences], foreshadowing [narratology, linguistics, human-sciences, sciences] Derived forms: proleptic Related terms: -lepsy, syllepsis

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