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procataleptic

procataleptic adjective: anticipating and answering objections before they have been raised.

Adjective

procataleptic (comparative more procataleptic, superlative most procataleptic)

  1. (rhetoric) Anticipating and answering objections before they have been raised.
    • As noted in chapter 5, the procataleptic function of an argumentation scheme with its matching set of critical questions is to strengthen an argument by dealing with possible criticisms, objections, and counter-arguments before they are even raised in dialog.2007, Douglas Walton, Dialog Theory for Critical Argumentation, page 284

Forms of procataleptic

comparativemore procataleptic
superlativemost procataleptic

Origin of procataleptic

From procatalepsis + -ic.

Questions about procataleptic

What does procataleptic mean?
Procataleptic means anticipating and answering objections before they have been raised.
What part of speech is procataleptic?
Procataleptic is an adjective.

Words near procataleptic in the dictionary

  1. procasino
  2. procaspase
  3. procaspases
  4. procatabolic
  5. procatalepsis
  6. procataleptic
  7. procatarctic
  8. procatarctics
  9. procatarxis
  10. procaterol
  11. procathedral

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