Definitions For Procatalepsis

Noun

{{examples, sense=rhetoric, examples=It is difficult to see how a pilot boat could be completely immune to capsizing or plunging, but pilot boat design criteria must meet the needs of the industry and pilotage authorities.}} (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. (rhetoric) rebuttal, rebuttal of anticipated objections. : Synonym: prebuttal, preemption, prolepsis (grammar) Left dislocation.

Related terms

procataleptic

Etymology

From "before" + κατάληψις, , act of seizing, via {{bor, en, la, procatalepsis, , anticipating and answering an objection}}.

See also

inb4 straw man