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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PREBUTTAL

Pre- + (re)buttal.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PREBUTTAL

prebuttal  [priːˈbʌtəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PREBUTTAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Prebuttal is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PREBUTTAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Procatalepsis

Procatalepsis, also called prolepsis or prebuttal, is a figure of speech in which the speaker raises an objection to his own argument and then immediately answers it. By doing so, he hopes to strengthen his argument by dealing with possible counter-arguments before his audience can raise them. In rhetoric anticipating future responses and answering possible objections will set up one's argument for a strong defense. The Columbia Dictionary of Modern Literary and Cultural Criticism states that there are three distinct theoretical uses of prolepsis: argumentation, literary discussion, and conjunction with narratological analyses of the order of events. In argumentation, prolepsis is used to answer the opponent’s possible objections before they can be made. In literary discussion, prolepsis is used as a figure of speech in which a description is used before it is strictly applicable. Sayings such as "I'm a dead man" exemplify the suggestion of a state that has not yet occurred. In narratological analyses prolepsis can be used with the order of events and presentation of events in texts.

Definition of prebuttal in the English dictionary

The definition of prebuttal in the dictionary is a prepared response to an anticipated criticism.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PREBUTTAL


abuttal
əˈbʌtəl
butle
ˈbʌtəl
buttle
ˈbʌtəl
cuttle
ˈkʌtəl
guttle
ˈɡʌtəl
oversubtle
ˌəʊvəˈsʌtəl
rebuttal
rɪˈbʌtəl
scuttle
ˈskʌtəl
shuttle
ˈʃʌtəl
skuttle
ˈskʌtəl
subtile
ˈsʌtəl
subtle
ˈsʌtəl
supersubtile
ˌsuːpərˈsʌtəl
supersubtle
ˌsuːpərˈsʌtəl
surrebuttal
ˌsɜːrɪˈbʌtəl
suttle
ˈsʌtəl
unsubtle
ʌnˈsʌtəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PREBUTTAL

prebiblical
prebid
prebidding
prebill
prebind
prebiologic
prebiological
prebiotic
prebiotics
prebirth
prebless
preboard
preboil
prebook
preboom
preborn
prebreakfast
prebudget
prebuild
prebuy

WORDS THAT END LIKE PREBUTTAL

abettal
acquittal
committal
epiglottal
glottal
isoglottal
midsagittal
noncommittal
polyglottal
quittal
recommittal
remittal
sagittal
submittal
supraglottal
transmittal

Synonyms and antonyms of prebuttal in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «prebuttal» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PREBUTTAL

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The translations of prebuttal from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «prebuttal» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

prebuttal
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

prebuttal
570 millions of speakers

English

prebuttal
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

prebuttal
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

prebuttal
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

prebuttal
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

prebuttal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

prebuttal
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prebuttal
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penjelasan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

prebuttal
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

prebuttal
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

prebuttal
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Prebuttal
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

prebuttal
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

prebuttal
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रीबटल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

prebuttal
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

prebuttal
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prebuttal
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

prebuttal
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

prebuttal
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

prebuttal
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

prebuttal
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

prebuttal
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

prebuttal
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of prebuttal

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PREBUTTAL»

The term «prebuttal» is barely ever used and occupies the 202.720 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PREBUTTAL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about prebuttal

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PREBUTTAL»

Discover the use of prebuttal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to prebuttal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Safire's Political Dictionary
See REALPOLITIK . prairie fire See WHIRLWIND CAMPAIGN; DISAS- TER METAPHORS . pranks See HARDBALL; DIRTY TRICKS . praxis See REVOLUTIONARY PRAXIS . prebuttal A rebuttal to a speech not yet given; a preemptive ...
William Safire, 2008
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Strategic Planning for Public Relations, Fourth Edition
TYPOLOGY OF REACTIVE PUBLIC RELATIONS STRATEGIES Reactive Strategy 1: Pre-emptive Action Prebuttal Disassociation Relabeling Reactive Strategy 5: Reactive Strategy 2: Vocal Commiseration Offensive Response Attack  ...
Ronald D. Smith, 2013
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Hatchet Jobs and Hardball: The Oxford Dictionary of American ...
prebuttal 1994 Esquire (Apr.) 87: "l will never come back to government. l have zero Potomac fever. l don't have the patience anymore." 2002 Washington Post ( Aug. 1) A27: lt is supposedly something of a disease or a compulsion, a variant of  ...
Grant Barrett, 2004
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Strategic Planning for Public Relations
Prebuttal. This strategy is called a prebuttal. The term itself is a play on the word rebuttal, but these are pre-emptive strikes when bad news is inevitable. The term was used, for example, to identify counterclaims by the Clinton White House of ...
Ronald D. Smith, 2004
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Public Relations: The Basics
REACTIVE STRATEGY 1: PRE-EMPTIVE ACTION A pre-emptive strike is one taken before an opponent launches its first charge against the organization. From a public relations per- spective, it's a prebuttal (a play on the word rebuttal).
Ron Smith, 2013
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Cases in Public Relations Management: The Rise of Social ...
Reactive defensive responses include: “prebuttal,” attacking the accuser, embarrassment, threat, denial, excuse, justification, and strategic silence. Accommodative responses include: concession, ingratiation, concern, condolence, regret, ...
Patricia Swann, 2014
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Feminist Perspectives on Public Law
... its resonance with the discourse of prebuttal, referral and rebuttal in contemporary constitutional politics in the United States, where President Clinton submitted a Prebuttal to the Referral (the Starr Report, referred to Congress), and followed ...
Susan Millns, Noel Whitty, 2013
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The Language Report
The bullishness of spin and prebuttal, of slash-and burn politics (an interesting metaphor, borrowed from agriculture where virgin forests are cut down and burnt prior to the planting of seeds, and denoting a highly aggressive, swingeing form of ...
Susie Dent, 2007
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The Earthscan reader on risk
Although simple rebuttal can often be expected to come at an early stage in the sequence of responses, these cases suggest that rebuttal may precede, follow or accompany a delay response, and rebuttal's 'cousin' prebuttal may come later in  ...
Ragnar Löfstedt, Åsa Boholm, 2009
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Archivaria
Prebuttal Hood and Rothstein introduce the phenomenon of prebuttal into their analysis of "blame prevention ... Prebuttal involves "attempts by organizations, public officeholders and their spindoctors to respond to anticipated criticisms or ...
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10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PREBUTTAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term prebuttal is used in the context of the following news items.
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Ohio Politics Now: John Kasich says 'I can win this'
What Democrats are saying: In a prebuttal to Kasich's announcement, Ohio Democratic Party Chairman David Pepper said, “It looks like folks ... «Columbus Dispatch, Jul 15»
2
Hillary Clinton's campaign is attacking the email controversy 'charade'
According to Politico's Mike Allen, the video represents a Clinton camp “prebuttal” to expected criticism over the latest batch of her State ... «Business Insider Australia, Jul 15»
3
POLITICO Playbook: HILLARY email to John Podesta: '[W]ear socks …
As a prebuttal, the campaign is releasing a new video ... spotlighting how the House Benghazi Committee's work has turned into a completely ... «Pulse, Jul 15»
4
The Pope's Ecological Vow
... said one conservative, the Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, in one of a wave of “prebuttal” remarks as the encyclical was ... «New York Times, Jun 15»
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Jeb Bush announces Iowa endorsements
His campaign touted the list of supporters as including a "broad ideological, political and professional range of Iowans" — a kind of prebuttal to ... «DesMoinesRegister.com, Jun 15»
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Here are 5 big reasons why the Pope's encyclical on the …
... think tank for climate change skeptics, sent a contingency to Rome last month during a U.N.-Vatican summit as a “prebuttal” to the encyclical. «Raw Story, Jun 15»
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HUFFPOST HILL - Politicians Follow Weekend Of Barbecues And …
... second campaign announcement is a reminder that the “official” campaign launch is the dumbest political development since the prebuttal. «Huffington Post, May 15»
8
Understanding Baltimore's Violence
It is a brilliant prebuttal to all the fools who can't repress the need to preach to the next generation of revolutionaries how they would get much ... «Consortium News, May 15»
9
Climate change skeptics press their case to the Vatican
Members of the Heartland Institute, a libertarian public policy think tank based in Chicago, held what they called a “prebuttal” of a Rome ... «Crux: Covering all things Catholic, Apr 15»
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Catholics around the world can't afford 'luxury issues'
In a classic turn of phrase, they described the initiative as a “prebuttal” to the Vatican summit. They'll hold public events both Monday and ... «Crux: Covering all things Catholic, Apr 15»

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