prolepses (0 synonym found)

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Definition of prolepses:

(n) : (rhetoric) The anticipation of an objection to an argument.
(n) : (rhetoric) The assignment of something to a period of time that precedes it.
(n) : (narratology) The practice of placing information about the ending of a story near the beginning, as a literary device.
(n) : (grammar, rhetoric) A construction that consists of placing an element in a syntactic unit before that to which it would logically correspond.
(n) : (philosophy, epistemology) A so-called "preconception", i.e., a pre-theoretical notion which can lead to true knowledge of the world.
(n) : (botany) 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.
Definition of prolepses:

(n) : (rhetoric) The anticipation of an objection to an argument.
(n) : (rhetoric) The assignment of something to a period of time that precedes it.
(n) : (narratology) The practice of placing information about the ending of a story near the beginning, as a literary device.
(n) : (grammar, rhetoric) A construction that consists of placing an element in a syntactic unit before that to which it would logically correspond.
(n) : (philosophy, epistemology) A so-called "preconception", i.e., a pre-theoretical notion which can lead to true knowledge of the world.
(n) : (botany) 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.
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