Etymology

procatalepsis

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Today it means: 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. Full definition →

Latin procatalepsis ← Ancient Greek προκατάληψις
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπροκατάληψις“seizing in advance”
  2. Latin · borrowed fromprocatalepsis“anticipating and answering an objection”
  3. English todayprocatalepsis

From Latin procatalepsis (“anticipating and answering an objection”), from Ancient Greek προκατάληψις (prokatálēpsis, “seizing in advance”).

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