analepsis

From Ancient Greek ἀνάληψις (análēpsis).

• IPA^(key): /ˌæn.əˈlɛp.sɪs/
• Hyphenation: an‧a‧lep‧sis

analepsis (countable and uncountable, plural analepses)

1. A form of flashback in which earlier parts of a narrative are related to others that have already been narrated

   Synonym: flashback

   Antonyms: prolepsis, flashforward

2. (medicine, archaic) Recovery of strength after sickness.
3. (obsolete, medicine) A kind of epileptic attack, originating from gastric disorder.

• “analepsis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• Flashback on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνάληψις (análēpsis).

• IPA^(key): /aː.naːˈlɛp.sɪs/
• Rhymes: -ɛpsɪs

analepsis f (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. analepsis

   Coordinate term: prolepsis

• analepsis on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνάληψις (análēpsis).

• IPA^(key): /anaˈlebsis/ [a.naˈleβ̞.sis]
• Rhymes: -ebsis
• Syllabification: a‧na‧lep‧sis

analepsis f (uncountable)

1. analepsis

• prolepsis

• “analepsis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025