Procatalepsisとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˌpɹəʊkætəˈlɛpsɪs/

名詞

procatalepsis

1. (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.
2. (rhetoric) Rebuttal of anticipated objections.

   Synonyms: prebuttal, preemption, prolepsis

   • 2022, China Miéville, chapter 3, in A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto, →OCLC:

     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.

3. (grammar) Left dislocation.

関連する語

• procataleptic

参考

• inb4
• straw man

Further reading

• procatalepsis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• dislocation (syntax) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia