Hysteron proteron Definition & Meaning

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Hysteron proteron

Hysteron proteron Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Hysteron proteron? [n] the logical fallacy of using as a true premise a proposition that is yet to be proved [n] reversal of normal order of two words or sentences etc. (as in `bred and born') Synonyms \| Synonyms for Hysteron proteron: Related Terms \| Find terms related to Hysteron proteron: anastrophe \| argument \| argument by analogy \| argumentum ad baculum \| argumentum ad captandum \| argumentum ad hominem \| arsy-varsiness \| bad case \| begging the question \| chiasmus \| circular argument \| claptrap \| clutter \| crowd-pleasing argument \| empty words \| fallacy \| farrago \| formal fallacy \| hash \| helter-skelter \| higgledy-piggledy \| hodgepodge \| hypallage \| hyperbaton \| insincere argument \| jumble \| litter \| logical fallacy \| material fallacy \| mere rhetoric \| mess \| metastasis \| metathesis \| mishmash \| moonshine \| non sequitur \| palindrome \| paralogism \| parenthesis \| petitio principii \| philosophism \| pseudosyllogism \| scramble \| solecism \| sophism \| sophistry \| synchysis \| tmesis \| topsy-turviness \| topsy-turvydom \| tumble \| turmoil \| unholy mess \| verbal fallacy \| weak point \| welter See Also \| logical fallacy \| rhetorical device Hysteron proteron In Webster's Dictionary \Hys"teron prot"eron\ [NL., fr. Gr. ? the latter, following + ? before, others, sooner.] (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.

Hysteron proteron Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Hysteron proteron?

[n] the logical fallacy of using as a true premise a proposition that is yet to be proved
[n] reversal of normal order of two words or sentences etc. (as in `bred and born')

Synonyms | Synonyms for Hysteron proteron:

See Also | logical fallacy | rhetorical device

Hysteron proteron In Webster's Dictionary

\Hys"te*ron prot"e*ron\ [NL., fr. Gr. ? the
latter, following + ? before, others, sooner.] (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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