Definition of "procatalepsis" []

• 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. (noun)
• Rebuttal of anticipated objections. (noun)
• Left dislocation. (noun)

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• "This technique has a distinguished relative in classical rhetoric: the device of procatalepsis, in which the speaker brings up and immediately refutes the anticipated objections of his or her hearer."