PROLEPSIS Synonyms
There is 1 hypernym of the word prolepsis. (close relations)
Definition of PROLEPSIS
proleptical
Best Alternative Words for PROLEPSIS
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anticipation | nounn | |||||||
noun • an expectation • something expected (as on the basis of a norm) • the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) • anticipating with confidence of fulfillment | ||||||||
foreknowledge | nounn | |||||||
noun • knowledge of an event before it occurs | ||||||||
foresight | nounn | |||||||
noun • providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future • seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing | ||||||||
prevision | nounn | |||||||
noun • a prophetic vision (as in a dream) • the power to foresee the future • seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing • the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) | ||||||||
anachronism | nounn | |||||||
noun • something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred • an artifact that belongs to another time • a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age | ||||||||
foreshadowing | verb, noun, adjectivev, n, adj | |||||||
noun • the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand adjective satellite • indistinctly prophetic | ||||||||
flashforward | nounn | |||||||
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