Synonyms & related words for prolepsis

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Words related to prolepsis

Explore words related to prolepsis — words associated with it, words that go with it, and its nearest matches in meaning. Related words include proleptical, proleptically, proleptic, anticipatorily, anticipation, syllepsis, metalepsis, protasis. Click any word to make it the center of the map and keep exploring the web of connections.

Where does prolepsis come from?

The word prolepsis breaks down into 2 roots of Greek origin: pro-, from Greek pro (“before, in advance”); and lepsis, from Greek lepsis (“a taking, seizing”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.