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PROLEPSIS (prolepses)
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Irregular inflected form: prolepses
Dictionary entry overview: What does prolepsis mean?
• PROLEPSIS (noun)
The noun PROLEPSIS has 1 sense:
1. anticipating and answering objections in advance
Familiarity information: PROLEPSIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Anticipating and answering objections in advance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("prolepsis" is a kind of...):
rhetorical device (a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance))
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