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Dislocation vs Procatalepsis - What's the difference?

dislocation | procatalepsis |

In grammar|lang=en terms the difference between dislocation and procatalepsis

is that dislocation is (grammar) while procatalepsis is (grammar) left dislocation.

As nouns the difference between dislocation and procatalepsis

is that dislocation is the act of displacing, or the state of being displaced while procatalepsis is (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.

dislocation

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced.
  • (geology) The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied. Slips, faults, and the like, are dislocations.
  • The act of dislocating, or putting out of joint; also, the condition of being thus displaced.
  • (materials ) A linear defect in a crystal lattice. Because dislocations can shift within the crystal lattice, they tend to weaken the material, compared to a perfect crystal.
  • (grammar)

    • See also

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    See also

    * ("dislocation" on Wikipedia)

    procatalepsis

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • (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.
  • (rhetoric) Rebuttal of anticipated objections.
  • (grammar) Left dislocation.

    • Synonyms

    * (rhetorical exercise) * (rebuttal of anticipated objections) prebuttal, prolepsis * (grammar)

    Related terms

    * procataleptic

    See also

    * ("procatalepsis" on Wikipedia) * * straw man