prolepsis.
/proh-lep-sis/US // proʊˈlɛp sɪs //UK // (prəʊˈlɛpsɪs) //
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n.noun · 名词
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plural pro·lep·ses [proh-lep-seez]. /proʊˈlɛp siz/.
- ›Rhetoric. the anticipation of possible objections in order to answer them in advance.
- ›the assigning of a person, event, etc., to a period earlier than the actual one; the representation of something in the future as if it already existed or had occurred; prochronism.
- ›the use of a descriptive word in anticipation of its becoming applicable.
- ›a fundamental conception or assumption in Epicureanism or Stoicism arising spontaneously in the mind without conscious reflection; thought provoked by sense perception.
- ›Pathology. the return of an attack of a periodic disease or of a paroxysm before the expected time or at progressively shorter intervals.
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An instance of prolepsis, or "anticipation" in the use of a word.
It was a prolepsis of the soul, reaching upward towards its source and goal.
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