different between proleptically vs proleptic

English

Etymology

proleptic +? -ally

Adverb

proleptically (comparative more proleptically, superlative most proleptically)

1. In a proleptic manner; anticipatorily.

English

Etymology

prolepsis +? -ic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?o??l?pt?k/

Adjective

proleptic (comparative more proleptic, superlative most proleptic)

1. Of a calendar, extrapolated to dates prior to its first adoption; of those used to adjust to or from the Julian calendar or Gregorian calendar.
2. Of an event, assigned a date that is too early.
3. (rhetoric) Anticipating and answering objections before they have been raised; procataleptic.

Quotations

• 1877, W. B. Pope., A Compendium of Christian Theology, Volume 2, Wesleyan Conference Office, 2 Castle Street, Coty Road; Sold at 66, Paternoster Row, p. 348:

  It must be always remembered that this was the object for which the Three Chapters which the Predestinarians have taken refuge in: they were written in fact as a proleptical refutation of such views.

• 1925, John Dewey. Experience and Nature In The Later Works of John Dewey, Vol. 1, Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale (IL), p. 150:

  When we name an event, calling it fire, we speak proleptically; we do not name an immediate event; that is impossible. We employ a term of discourse; we invoke a meaning, namely, the potential consequence of the existence.

• 1989, W. Paul Jones. Theological Worlds Abingdon Press, Nashville, p. 151:

  In World Two, Jesus can be seen as the proleptic event, giving promise of God's vindication of creation in and through history.

Synonyms

• (Anticipating and answering objections): anticipatory

Derived terms

• proleptically

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French proleptique

Adjective

proleptic m or n (feminine singular proleptic?, masculine plural proleptici, feminine and neuter plural proleptice)

1. proleptic

Declension