prolepsis

/pɹoʊˈlɛpsɪs/ · noun

Meaning

The assignment of something to a period of time that precedes it.
The anticipation of an objection to an argument.
(grammar) A construction that consists of placing an element in a syntactic unit before that to which it would logically correspond.
A so-called "preconception", i.e. a pre-theoretical notion which can lead to true knowledge of the world.
Growth in which lateral branches develop from a lateral meristem, after the formation of a bud or following a period of dormancy, when the lateral meristem is split from a terminal meristem.
(authorship) The practice of placing information about the ending of a story near the beginning, as a literary device.

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