Thesaurus: hysteron proteron

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1. A figure in which the natural order of sense is reversed; hysterology; as, valet atque vivit, "he is well and lives."
2. An inversion of logical order, in which the conclusion is put before the premises, or the thing proved before the evidence.
3. n. reversal of normal order of two words or sentences etc. (as in ‘bred and born’)
4. n. the logical fallacy of using as a true premise a proposition that is yet to be proved
5. (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.
6. 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.