1) Anachronism
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1) Prochronism 2) Rhetorical device
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anticipation; device where objections are anticipated
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anticipation.
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• (n.) A figure by which objections are anticipated or prevented. • (n.) The application of an adjective to a noun in anticipation, or to denote the result, of the action of the verb; as, to strike one dumb. • (n.) An error in chronology, consisting in an event being dated before the actual time. • (n.) A necessary truth or assu...
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(from the article `Epicureanism`) ...and serve as criteria. The same holds for pleasure and pain, the basic feelings to which all others can be traced. Also true, and included among ...
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a figure of speech in which a future act or development is represented as if already accomplished or existing. The following lines from John Keats`s ...
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1. A figure by which objections are anticipated or prevented. A necessary truth or assumption; a first or assumed principle. ... 2. An error in chronology, consisting in an event being dated before the actual time. ... 3. The application of an adjective to a noun in anticipation, or to denote the result, of the action of the verb; as, to strike one...
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(pro-lep´sis) recurrence of a paroxysm before the expected time. adj., prolep´tic., adj.
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Anticipation.
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A hyperplastic symptom of disease in which organs appear before the natural time (e.g. the sprouting of shoots from adventitious buds after disease has impaired the metabolism of the organ in question).
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Pro·lep'sis noun [ Latin , from Greek ..., from ... to take beforehand; ... before + ... to take.] 1. (Rhet.) (a) A figure by which objections are anticipated or prevented. Abp. Bramhall. (b) A necessary truth or assumption; a first or assumed principle.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: prō-lep′sis Definitions: 1. Recurrence of the paroxysm of a periodic disease at regularly shortening intervals.
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the anticipation, in adjectives or nouns, of the result of the action of a verb; also, the positioning of a relative clause before its antecedent.
*Vixi et quem dederat cursum fortuna peregi, Vergil, Aeneid 4.653
*Consider the lilies of the field how they grow.
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n] - anticipating and answering objections in advance
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prolepsis Notion, preconception. Assuming a future act as already bearing consequences; any notion that arises spontaneously in the mind, as distinguished from concepts resulting from conscious reflections.
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prolepsis, proleptic, proleptical 1. Bringing the future into the present not via technology but by way of language; such as, the anticipation and the answering of an objection or argument in advance of its being put forward by one's opponent. An example might be: 'I know we will have to work harder with this project, but the benefits outweigh the ...
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noun anticipating and answering objections in advance
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(Gr. prolepsis) Notion, preconception. The term is used by the Stoics and Epicureans to denote any primary general notion that arises spontaneously and unconsciously in the mind is distinguished from concepts that result from conscious reflection. These prolepses are regarded by the Stoics as common to all men as rational beings, and are sometimes....
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the anticipation of possible objections in order to answer them in advance. · the assigning of a person, event, etc., to a period earlier than the actual one; the representation of something in the future as if it already existed or had occurred; prochronism. · the use of a descriptive word in anticipation of its becoming applicable. ...
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