procatalepsis
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek προ- (pro-, “before”) + κατάληψις (katálēpsis, “act of seizing”), via Latin procatalepsis (“anticipating and answering an objection”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌpɹəʊkætəˈlɛpsɪs/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun
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It is difficult to see how a pilot boat could be completely immune to capsizing or plunging, but pilot boat design criteria must meet the needs of the industry and pilotage authorities. |
procatalepsis
- (rhetoric) 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.
- (rhetoric) Rebuttal of anticipated objections.
- Synonyms: prebuttal, preemption, prolepsis
- 2022, China Miéville, chapter 3, in A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto, →OCLC:
- This long sequence skilfully deploys the rhetorical tropes of procatalepsis and concessio, pre-emption and concession: that is, they concede the accuracy of certain classic attacks on communism, but in ways that redound on their opponents.
- (grammar) Left dislocation.
Related terms
Further reading
procatalepsis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - dislocation (syntax) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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