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noun
A rhetorical exercise in which the speaker raises an objection to his own argument and then immediately answers it, in an attempt to strengthen the argument by dealing with possible counter-arguments.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rhetoric
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noun
Rebuttal of anticipated objections.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rhetoric
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Synonyms: prebuttal, preemption, prolepsis
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noun
Left dislocation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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History
From Latin procatalepsis (“anticipating and answering an objection”), from Ancient Greek προκατάληψις (prokatálēpsis, “seizing in advance”).
