prolepsis

Meaning

1. (countable, rhetoric, uncountable) The assignment of something to a period of time that precedes it.
2. (countable, rhetoric, uncountable) The anticipation of an objection to an argument.
3. (countable, rhetoric, uncountable) A construction that consists of placing an element in a syntactic unit before that to which it would logically correspond.
4. (countable, uncountable) A so-called "preconception", i.e., a pre-theoretical notion which can lead to true knowledge of the world.
5. (countable, uncountable) 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.
6. (countable, uncountable) The practice of placing information about the ending of a story near the beginning, as a literary device.

Synonyms

anticipation

foreshadowing

premeditation

superstition

prevention

prejudice

expectancy

Translations

prolepse

πρόληψη

prolepsis

prolepsi

anticipation

prolessi

önceden belirtme

erken kullanılma

Antizipation

Prolepsis

Prolepse

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɹoʊˈlɛpsɪs/

Etymology

From Latin prolepsis, from Ancient Greek πρόληψις (prólēpsis, “preconception, anticipation”), from προλαμβάνω (prolambánō, “take beforehand, anticipate”).