proleptically

English

Etymology

proleptic +‎ -ally or proleptical +‎ -ly

Adverb

proleptically (comparative more proleptically, superlative most proleptically)

1. In a proleptic manner; anticipatorily.
   • 1925, John Dewey. Experience and Nature In The Later Works of John Dewey, Vol. 1, Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale (IL), p. 150:

     When we name an event, calling it fire, we speak proleptically; we do not name an immediate event; that is impossible. We employ a term of discourse; we invoke a meaning, namely, the potential consequence of the existence.

   • 2021 July 28, Jesse Green, “Onstage, the Pen Is Usually Duller Than the Sword”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Fullerton, in real life apparently a magnetic, equal opportunity Lothario […] is written here […] as more of a puppy than a hound, making campy references to Wharton by her childhood name, Pussy Jones, and proleptically quoting Mae West.