Definitions from Wiktionary (prolepsis)
▸ noun: (rhetoric) The assignment of something to a period of time that precedes it.
▸ noun: (rhetoric) The anticipation of an objection to an argument.
▸ noun: (grammar, rhetoric) A construction that consists of placing an element in a syntactic unit before that to which it would logically correspond.
▸ noun: (philosophy, epistemology) A so-called "preconception", i.e. a pre-theoretical notion which can lead to true knowledge of the world.
▸ 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.
▸ noun: (narratology) The practice of placing information about the ending of a story near the beginning, as a literary device.
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▸ noun: (rhetoric) The assignment of something to a period of time that precedes it.
▸ noun: (rhetoric) The anticipation of an objection to an argument.
▸ noun: (grammar, rhetoric) A construction that consists of placing an element in a syntactic unit before that to which it would logically correspond.
▸ noun: (philosophy, epistemology) A so-called "preconception", i.e. a pre-theoretical notion which can lead to true knowledge of the world.
▸ 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.
▸ noun: (narratology) The practice of placing information about the ending of a story near the beginning, as a literary device.
Similar:
anticipation,
anteposition,
antecedence,
prelusion,
proemium,
preordainment,
prooemion,
prevenience,
forestatement,
prolegomenon,
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Adjectives:
external,
greek,
internal,
epicurean,
such,
woful,
predictive,
natural,
historical,
rhetorical,
mere
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