hys·ter·on prot·er·on /ˌhɪstəˌrɑnˈprɑtəˌrɑn, tərənˈprɑtərən, ˈprɔ-/
Hys·ter·ol·o·gy n. Rhet. A figure by which the ordinary course of thought is inverted in expression, and the last put first; -- called also hysteron proteron.
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Hys·te·ron prot·e·ron Rhet. (a) A figure in which the natural order of sense is reversed; hysterology; as, valet atque vivit, “he is well and lives.” (b) 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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hysteron proteron
n 1: reversal of normal order of two words or sentences etc. (as
in `bred and born')
2: the logical fallacy of using as a true premise a proposition
that is yet to be proved