• Procatalepsis

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    1. (rhetoric) A rhetorical exercise in which the speaker raises an objection to his own argument and then immediately answers it, in an attempt to strengthen the argument by dealing with possible counter-arguments.
    2. (rhetoric) Rebuttal of anticipated objections.
    3. (grammar) Left dislocation.

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