proleptically

adv

Etymology: From proleptic + -ally or proleptical + -ly.

1. In a proleptic manner; anticipatorily.

   “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.”

   “The ultimacy of God's eschatological revelation impinges proleptically on . . . and, then, it all gets over my head.”