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Synonyms for cataphora

Most common

prolepsis

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Noun

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    The use of a pronoun, or other linguistic unit, before the noun phrase to which it refers, sometimes used for rhetorical effect.

Related words

Other spellings
kataphora

Forms

Plural
cataphoras → prolepses…

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
cataphorarising
prolepsisrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

9 letters
prolepsis