prolepsis
suomi-englanti sanakirjaprolepsis englannista suomeksi
ennakointi, prolepsis
Substantiivi
prolepsis englanniksi
The assignment of something to a period of time that precedes it.
The anticipation of an objection to an argument.
(RQ:Langley Rhetoric)
A construction that consists of placing an element in a syntactic unit before that to which it would logically correspond.
A so-called "preconception", i.e., a pre-theoretical notion which can lead to true knowledge of the world.
(quote-book)
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.
The practice of placing information about the ending of a story near the beginning, as a literary device.
(RQ:Fuller Worthies of England) Plowden|(quote-gloss) Plovvden being of the Romiſh perſvvaſion, ſome Setters ''trapanned'' him (pardon the ''prolepſis'') to hear Maſſe: But aftervvards ''Plovvden'' underſtanding, that the ''pretender'' to Officiate vvas no Prieſt, but a meer Lay-man (on deſigne to make a diſcovering) Oh! ''The caſe is altered quoth Plovvden: No Priest, no Maſſe.''
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