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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pro•lep•sis (prō lep′sis),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ses (-sēz).USA pronunciation - Rhetoricthe anticipation of possible objections in order to answer them in advance.
- the assigning of a person, event, etc., to a period earlier than the actual one; the representation of something in the future as if it already existed or had occurred;
prochronism. - the use of a descriptive word in anticipation of its becoming applicable.
- Philosophya fundamental conception or assumption in Epicureanism or Stoicism arising spontaneously in the mind without conscious reflection;
thought provoked by sense perception. - Pathologythe return of an attack of a periodic disease or of a paroxysm before the expected time or at progressively shorter intervals.
- Greek prólēpsis anticipation, preconception, equivalent. to prolēp- (verbid stem of prolambánein to anticipate (pro- pro-2 + lambánein to take)) + -sis -sis
- Late Latin prolēpsis
- 1570–80
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: prolepsis /prəʊˈlɛpsɪs/ n ( pl -ses / -siːz/)- a rhetorical device by which objections are anticipated and answered in advance
- use of a word after a verb in anticipation of its becoming applicable through the action of the verb, as flat in hammer it flat
Etymology: 16th Century: via Late Latin from Greek: anticipation, from prolambanein to anticipate, from pro-² + lambanein to takeproˈleptic adj |