prolepsis

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Synonyms: prolepses, proslepsis, proleptic, prolapsus, paralepsis, proleptics, propepsin, prolapses, urosepsis

Antonyms: prolepses, proslepsis, proleptic, prolapsus, paralepsis, proleptics, propepsin, prolapses, urosepsis

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|rhetoric}} The assignment of something to a period of time that precedes it.
2. {{lb|en|rhetoric}} The anticipation of an objection to an argument.
3. {{lb|en|grammar|rhetoric}} A construction that consists of placing an element in a syntactic unit before that to which it would logically correspond.
4. {{lb|en|philosophy|epistemology}} A so-called "preconception", i.e., a pre-theoretical notion which can lead to true knowledge of the world.
5. {{lb|en|botany}} [[growth|Growth]] in which [[lateral]] [[branch]]es 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.
6. {{lb|en|narratology}} The practice of placing information about the ending of a story near the beginning, as a literary device.

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