procatalepsis
noun/ˌpɹəʊkætəˈlɛpsɪs/
Etymology From Latin procatalepsis (“anticipating and answering an objection”), from Ancient Greek προκατάληψις (prokatálēpsis, “seizing in advance”).
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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.
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Rhetoric Rebuttal of anticipated objections.
- This long sequence skilfully deploys the rhetorical tropes of procatalepsis and concessio, pre-emption and concession: that is, they concede the accuracy of certain classic attacks on communism, but in ways that redound on their opponents.2022, China Miéville, chapter 3, in A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto, →OCLC:
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Grammar, Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences Left dislocation.
- Related terms
- procataleptic, inb4, straw man