Praemunitio

The Praemunitio ( Latin praemunire : take precautions ; praemunitio : the take precautions , provision ) is a rhetorical figure, which the speaker a possible counter-argument anticipates to invalidate this in advance and secure as his own statement. Typical formulations are:

• "One could argue that ... but ...";
• "One could argue against that ..., but ...";
• "To anticipate the objection ..."

literature

• Joachim Richter-Reichheim: Decorative forms of literary rhetoric. Systematics and function of the most important tropes and figures; a compendium for teaching and self-study = Compendium scholare troporum et figurarum . Diesterweg, Frankfurt / M. 1988, ISBN 3-425-06815-6 .