Associations to the word «Prolepsis»
Wiktionary
PROLEPSIS, noun. (rhetoric) The assignment of something to a period of time that precedes it.
PROLEPSIS, noun. (logic) The anticipation of an objection to an argument.
PROLEPSIS, noun. (grammar) (rhetoric) A construction that consists of placing an element in a syntactic unit before that to which it would logically correspond.
PROLEPSIS, noun. (philosophy) (epistemology) A so-called "preconception", i.e. a pre-theoretical notion which can lead to true knowledge of the world.
PROLEPSIS, 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.
Dictionary definition
PROLEPSIS, noun. Anticipating and answering objections in advance.
Wise words
Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but
principally by catch words.