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Definition of Proleptic
1. a. Of or pertaining to prolepsis; anticipative.
Definition of Proleptic
1. Adjective. Of a calendar, extrapolated to dates prior to its first adoption; of those used to adjust to or from the Julian calendar or Gregorian calendar. ¹
2. Adjective. Describes an event as having been assigned too early a date. ¹
3. Adjective. (rhetoric) Anticipating and answering objections before they have been raised; procataleptic. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Proleptic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Proleptic
Literary usage of Proleptic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Problem of Immortality by Emmanuel Pétavel-Olliff (1892)
"I, Spiritual or metaphorical death ; § 2, Virtual or proleptic death ; § 3,
Putative or presumed death ; § 4, Everywhere and always in Scripture death ..."
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