The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word PROLEPSES which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1998.
Anticipations of possible objections, in rhetoric crossword clue answers
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| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| PROLEPSES | 100 % | 9 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Anticipations of possible objections, in rhetoric
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- prolepsis
- expectation
- proactive
- overbook
- quit
- premonition
- prospectus
- water
- well
- proleptic
- against
- anticipation
Crossword Answer definitions
PROLEPSES noun- The assignment of something to a period of time that precedes it.
- The anticipation of an objection to an argument.
- (grammar) A construction that consists of placing an element in a syntactic unit before that to which it would logically correspond.
- A so-called "preconception", i.e. a pre-theoretical notion which can lead to true knowledge of the world.
- 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.
- (authorship) The practice of placing information about the ending of a story near the beginning, as a literary device.
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