proleptical (B2)
adjective
Definition
proleptical means of or pertaining to prolepsis; anticipative. It can have more than one sense, so use the alternate meanings and examples to choose the meaning that matches your sentence.
Examples
The writer described the response as proleptical.
A proleptical tone can change the mood of a conversation.
The situation became proleptical after the announcement.
How to Use proleptical
- proleptical + noun (collocation)
- Use proleptical before a noun to describe that quality. — "The writer described a proleptical reaction."
- become proleptical (collocation)
- Use after become, seem, or be for a state or quality. — "The discussion became proleptical near the end."
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