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English noun: hysteron proteron

1. hysteron proteron (communication) reversal of normal order of two words or sentences etc. (as in `bred and born')


Broader (hypernym)rhetorical device

2. hysteron proteron (cognition) the logical fallacy of using as a true premise a proposition that is yet to be proved


Broader (hypernym)logical fallacy









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