prolepses

Meaning of prolepses

noun
  1. The assignment of something to a period of time that precedes it.
  2. The anticipation of an objection to an argument.
  3. (grammar) A construction that consists of placing an element in a syntactic unit before that to which it would logically correspond.
  4. A so-called "preconception", i.e. a pre-theoretical notion which can lead to true knowledge of the world.
  5. 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.
  6. (authorship) The practice of placing information about the ending of a story near the beginning, as a literary device.

Information about prolepses

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Hyphenation of prolepses

pro-lepses

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • prolepses is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

prolepses synonyms

Meaning :

procatalepsis, anachronism, flashforward, foreshadowing

prolepses antonyms

Meaning :

syllepsis

Words that rhyme with prolepses

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