Definitions for hysteron proteronˈhɪs təˌrɒn ˈprɒt əˌrɒn
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
hys•ter•on prot•er•onˈhɪs təˌrɒn ˈprɒt əˌrɒn(n.)
a figure of speech in which the logical order of two elements in discourse is reversed, as in “bred and born” for “born and bred.”
Category: Rhetoric
Origin of hysteron proteron:
1555–65; < LL < Gk hýsteron (neut. of hýsteros) latter +próteron (neut. of próteros) former
Princeton's WordNet
hysteron proteron(noun)
reversal of normal order of two words or sentences etc. (as in `bred and born')
hysteron proteron(noun)
the logical fallacy of using as a true premise a proposition that is yet to be proved
Wiktionary
hysteron proteron(Noun)
A figure of speech in which a phrase that should come last is put first; hysterology.
hysteron proteron(Noun)
An inversion or reversal of the natural order of things.
Webster Dictionary
Hysteron proteron(u)
a figure in which the natural order of sense is reversed; hysterology; as, valet atque vivit, "he is well and lives."
Hysteron proteron(u)
an inversion of logical order, in which the conclusion is put before the premises, or the thing proved before the evidence
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