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(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. examples
(rhetoric) Rebuttal of anticipated objections. quotations examples
This long sequence skilfully deploys the rhetorical tropes of procatalepsis and concessio, pre-emption and concession: that is, they concede the accuracy of certain classic attacks on communism, but in ways that redound on their opponents.
2022, China Miéville, chapter 3, in A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto
(grammar) Left dislocation. examples