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prolepsis

/pɹoʊˈlɛpsɪs/

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noun

Prolepsis, anticipación

The assignment of something to a period of time that precedes it.

Examples :

"The prolepsis of the new school year began in June with the distribution of summer reading lists. "

La prolepsis del nuevo curso escolar comenzó en junio con la distribución de las listas de lectura de verano.

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noun

Anticipación de una objeción

The anticipation of an objection to an argument.

Examples :

"Before I even present my idea for the class project, I want to address a potential concern: the prolepsis is that some might think it's too ambitious, but I've already developed a detailed timeline to ensure we stay on track. "

Antes de siquiera presentar mi idea para el proyecto de clase, quiero abordar una posible preocupación: la anticipación de una objeción es que algunos podrían pensar que es demasiado ambicioso, pero ya he desarrollado un cronograma detallado para asegurar que nos mantengamos en el camino correcto.

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noun

Prolepsis

(grammar) A construction that consists of placing an element in a syntactic unit before that to which it would logically correspond.

Examples :

"That test, I already aced it! (The object "it" anticipating "that test" is an example of prolepsis.) "

¡Ese examen, ya lo aprobé! (El objeto "it" que anticipa "ese examen" es un ejemplo de prolepsis.)

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noun

Preconcepción

A so-called "preconception", i.e. a pre-theoretical notion which can lead to true knowledge of the world.

Examples :

"The child's prolepsis that all dogs are friendly, based on positive experiences with family pets, led her to approach a stray confidently, which thankfully turned out to be a kind and gentle animal. "

La preconcepción del niño de que todos los perros son amigables, basada en experiencias positivas con las mascotas de la familia, lo llevó a acercarse a un perro callejero con confianza, que afortunadamente resultó ser un animal amable y gentil.

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Prolepsis, desarrollo anticipado

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.

Examples :

"The unusual spurt of new branches from the apple tree in mid-summer, long after the initial spring growth, was an example of prolepsis. "

El inusual brote de nuevas ramas del manzano a mediados del verano, mucho después del crecimiento inicial de la primavera, fue un ejemplo de prolepsis.

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Prolepsis, anticipación

(authorship) The practice of placing information about the ending of a story near the beginning, as a literary device.

Examples :

"The movie used prolepsis when it showed the main character receiving a "Missing" poster with her own face on it in the very first scene, even though we didn't yet know she would disappear. "

La película usó la prolepsis cuando mostró al personaje principal recibiendo un cartel de "Desaparecida" con su propia cara en la primera escena, a pesar de que aún no sabíamos que desaparecería.

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