PROLEPSIS Synonyms
There is 1 hypernym of the word prolepsis. (close relations)
proleptical
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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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