hysteron proteron

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Definition of hysteron proteron in English English dictionary: An inversion or reversal of the natural order of things; A figure of speech in which a phrase that should come last is put first; hysterology; A figure in which the natural order of sense is reversed; hysterology; as, valet atque vivit, "he is well and lives; " An inversion of logical order, in which the conclusion is put before the premises, or the thing proved before the evidence; (as in `bred and born'); the logical fallacy of using as a true premise a proposition that is yet to be proved reversal of normal order of two words or sentences etc; An inversion of logical order, in which the conclusion is put before the premises, or the thing proved before the evidence; hysterology
hysteron proterons: plural form of hysteron proteron

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