Meaning of procatalepsis | Babel Free

Definitions

1. 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
2. Rebuttal of anticipated objections.
   rhetoric
3. Left dislocation.

Examples

“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.”

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