Rhetoric . the anticipation of possible objections in order to answer them in advance.

the assigning of a person, event, etc., to a period earlier than the actual one; the representation of something in the future as if it already existed or had occurred; prochronism.

the use of a descriptive word in anticipation of its becoming applicable.

a fundamental conception or assumption in Epicureanism or Stoicism arising spontaneously in the mind without conscious reflection; thought provoked by sense perception.