Definition of prolepsis in English:

prolepsis

nounPlural prolepses prəʊˈlɛpsɪsprəʊˈliːpsɪsproʊˈlɛpsəs

mass nounRhetoric

1The anticipation and answering of possible objections in rhetorical speech.
〔修辞〕预辩法
Example sentencesExamples
- For Gilio, prolepsis was a ‘figure,’ a rhetorical device employed to augment the beauty of the work.
- Drexler's book Engines of Creation is an extraordinary exercise in prolepsis: he meticulously refutes every technical objection he can anticipate.
Synonyms
expectation, prediction, forecast
2The representation of a thing as existing before it actually does or did so, as in he was a dead man when he entered.
预词法（如he was a dead man when he entered）
the destruction of the Vendôme Column and his part in it are foreshadowed in moments of haunting prolepsis
Compare with analepsis

Derivatives

proleptic

adjective prəʊˈlɛptɪkproʊˈlɛptɪk

Rhetoric

In far less obvious ways in the invocations the muses also function as proleptic mourners, shadows of disabling maternal grief against which the Miltonic speaker positions himself.
Example sentencesExamples
- Anticipation is intuitively, ironically proleptic in that it both foresees things in their absence and, in the very act of apprehension, presents them unwittingly into being.
- Premediation, on the other hand, may be understood as proleptic, anticipatory mediation.
- The anti-Arcadian proleptic elegies of the late 1930s, in other words, and the critique of consolatory language they offer, can be said to have opened up a path toward the welfare state.
- In formulation, the utterance is predictive or proleptic (he will imminently pour himself a drink, check the contents of the bottle).

Origin

Late Middle English (as a term in rhetoric): via late Latin from Greek prolēpsis, from prolambanein 'anticipate', from pro 'before' + lambanein 'take'.

Rhymes

sepsis, syllepsis

Definition of prolepsis in US English:

prolepsis

nounproʊˈlɛpsəsprōˈlepsəs

Rhetoric

1The anticipation and answering of possible objections in rhetorical speech.
〔修辞〕预辩法
Example sentencesExamples
- For Gilio, prolepsis was a ‘figure,’ a rhetorical device employed to augment the beauty of the work.
- Drexler's book Engines of Creation is an extraordinary exercise in prolepsis: he meticulously refutes every technical objection he can anticipate.
Synonyms
expectation, prediction, forecast
2The representation of a thing as existing before it actually does or did so, as in he was a dead man when he entered.
预词法（如he was a dead man when he entered）
the destruction of the Vendôme Column and his part in it are foreshadowed in moments of haunting prolepsis
Compare with analepsis

Origin

Late Middle English (as a term in rhetoric): via late Latin from Greek prolēpsis, from prolambanein ‘anticipate’, from pro ‘before’ + lambanein ‘take’.

词汇	prolepsis
释义	Definition of prolepsis in English: prolepsis nounPlural prolepses prəʊˈlɛpsɪsprəʊˈliːpsɪsproʊˈlɛpsəs mass nounRhetoric 1The anticipation and answering of possible objections in rhetorical speech. 〔修辞〕预辩法 Example sentencesExamples For Gilio, prolepsis was a ‘figure,’ a rhetorical device employed to augment the beauty of the work. Drexler's book Engines of Creation is an extraordinary exercise in prolepsis: he meticulously refutes every technical objection he can anticipate. Synonyms expectation, prediction, forecast 2The representation of a thing as existing before it actually does or did so, as in he was a dead man when he entered. 预词法（如he was a dead man when he entered） the destruction of the Vendôme Column and his part in it are foreshadowed in moments of haunting prolepsis Compare with analepsis Derivatives proleptic adjective prəʊˈlɛptɪkproʊˈlɛptɪk Rhetoric In far less obvious ways in the invocations the muses also function as proleptic mourners, shadows of disabling maternal grief against which the Miltonic speaker positions himself. Example sentencesExamples Anticipation is intuitively, ironically proleptic in that it both foresees things in their absence and, in the very act of apprehension, presents them unwittingly into being. Premediation, on the other hand, may be understood as proleptic, anticipatory mediation. The anti-Arcadian proleptic elegies of the late 1930s, in other words, and the critique of consolatory language they offer, can be said to have opened up a path toward the welfare state. In formulation, the utterance is predictive or proleptic (he will imminently pour himself a drink, check the contents of the bottle). Origin Late Middle English (as a term in rhetoric): via late Latin from Greek prolēpsis, from prolambanein 'anticipate', from pro 'before' + lambanein 'take'. Rhymes sepsis, syllepsis Definition of prolepsis in US English: prolepsis nounproʊˈlɛpsəsprōˈlepsəs Rhetoric 1The anticipation and answering of possible objections in rhetorical speech. 〔修辞〕预辩法 Example sentencesExamples For Gilio, prolepsis was a ‘figure,’ a rhetorical device employed to augment the beauty of the work. Drexler's book Engines of Creation is an extraordinary exercise in prolepsis: he meticulously refutes every technical objection he can anticipate. Synonyms expectation, prediction, forecast 2The representation of a thing as existing before it actually does or did so, as in he was a dead man when he entered. 预词法（如he was a dead man when he entered） the destruction of the Vendôme Column and his part in it are foreshadowed in moments of haunting prolepsis Compare with analepsis Origin Late Middle English (as a term in rhetoric): via late Latin from Greek prolēpsis, from prolambanein ‘anticipate’, from pro ‘before’ + lambanein ‘take’.
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