Answer: prolepsis

AnswerCrossword Clue
prolepsisRhetoric. the anticipation of possible objections in order to answer them in advance.
prolepsisThe representation of a thing as existing before it actually does or did so, as in he was a dead man when he entered
prolepsisAnticipation
prolepsisThe anticipation and answering of possible objections in rhetorical speech
prolepsis(Greek) a rhetorical device of weakening objections by anticipating them