Associations to the word «Prolepsis»
Wiktionary
PROLEPSIS, noun. (rhetoric) The assignment of something to a period of time that precedes it.
PROLEPSIS, noun. (logic) The anticipation of an objection to an argument.
PROLEPSIS, noun. (grammar) (rhetoric) A construction that consists of placing an element in a syntactic unit before that to which it would logically correspond.
PROLEPSIS, noun. (philosophy) (epistemology) A so-called "preconception", i.e. a pre-theoretical notion which can lead to true knowledge of the world.
PROLEPSIS, noun. (botany) 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.
Dictionary definition
PROLEPSIS, noun. Anticipating and answering objections in advance.
Wise words
Think twice before you speak, because your words and
influence will plant the seed of either success or failure
in the mind of another.