Forms
Prolepsis
*1.* /Rhetoric./ the anticipation of possible objections in order to
answer them in advance.
*2.* 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.
*3.* the use of a descriptive word in anticipation of its becoming
applicable.
*4.* a fundamental conception or assumption in Epicureanism or Stoicism
arising spontaneously in the mind without conscious reflection; thought
provoked by sense perception.
*5.* /Pathology./ the return of an attack of a periodic disease or of a
paroxysm before the expected time or at progressively shorter intervals.Return to home