Friday 2 December 2022

Word of the Day: Prolepsis

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Prolepsis
pro-LEP-sis
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Part of Speech noun
Ancient Greek, 15th century
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Definition: Prolepsis
The anticipation and answering of possible objections in rhetorical speech.
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