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hysteron proteron

noun

/'hɪstə,rɑn_'prɑtə,rɑn/

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

Type	Words
Type of	rhetorical device

hysteron proteron

noun

/'hɪstə,rɑn_'prɑtə,rɑn/

the logical fallacy of using as a true premise a proposition that is yet to be proved

Type	Words
Type of	logical fallacy