procatalepsis

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procatalepsis

/ˌpɹəʊkætəˈlɛpsɪs/

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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.
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.
Similar: prebuttal, preemption, prolepsis
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@misc{procatalepsis_2026,
  title = {procatalepsis},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/procatalepsis},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}