Prolepsis makes objections; then replies; And wisely thus anticipates surprise.
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Prolepsis
//pɹoʊˈlɛpsɪs//
Synonyms for "prolepsis" (38 found)
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11 translations across 6 languages.
French
2 entries- prolepse noun ((rhetoric) the anticipation of an objection to an argument)
- prolepse noun (grammatical construction)
German
2 entries- Prolepse noun (grammatical construction)
- Prolepsis noun (grammatical construction)
Greek
2 entries- πρόληψη noun ((rhetoric) the anticipation of an objection to an argument)
- πρόληψη noun (grammatical construction)
Irish
3 entries- réamhthagra noun ((rhetoric) the anticipation of an objection to an argument)
- réamhthagra noun (grammatical construction)
- réamhthagra noun (philosophical concept)
Spanish
1 entries- prolepsis noun (grammatical construction)
Tagalog
1 entries- pangunguna noun (grammatical construction)
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Point (1) seems to imply that one may have a false judgement because of a mismatch between different criteria for truth. For example, my sensation is paired with a prolepsis of a horse, therefore I make an assertion that ‘there is a horse’, which upon further inspection may turn out to be a cow.
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[…] [Edmund] Plovvden being of the Romiſh perſvvaſion, ſome Setters trapanned him (pardon the prolepſis) to hear Maſſe: But aftervvards Plovvden underſtanding, that the pretender to Officiate vvas no Prieſt, but a meer Lay-man (on deſigne to make a diſcovering) Oh! The caſe is altered quoth Plovvden: No Priest, no Maſſe.
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