procataleptic
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Anticipating and answering objections before they have been raised.
Example Sentences
- "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."
Etymology
From procatalepsis + -ic.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more procataleptic (comparative)
most procataleptic (superlative)