Prolepsis
Or prolepsis prolepsis (Latin prolepsis, from Greek πρόληψις Prolepsis " anticipation ") stands for:
- Prolepsis ( Botany), the early expulsion of sprouts
- Prolepsis (Medicine), the earlier occurrence of the disease
- Prolepsis (philosophy), the preliminary concept (especially in Epicureanism )
- In the rhetoric of the anticipation of an opponent's objection, see Prokatalepsis
- With regard to style, the anticipation of an event in an attribute, see anticipation ( Stylistics )
- In narrative theory, the foreshadowing, see epic foreshadowing, flashforward and anticipation ( literature)
- Disambiguation