procatalepsis

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek προ- (pro-, “before”) + κατάληψις (katálēpsis, “act of seizing”), via (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin procatalepsis (“anticipating and answering an objection”). Template:examples-right

Noun

procatalepsis

1. (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.
2. (rhetoric) Rebuttal of anticipated objections.
3. (grammar) Left dislocation.

Synonyms

• (rebuttal of anticipated objections): prebuttal, prolepsis

Related terms

• procataleptic

See also

• procatalepsis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Dislocation (syntax) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• inb4
• straw man