hysteron proteron | sense examples, Usage and Definition from wordnet dictionary online

Noun hysteron proteron has 2 senses

hysteron proteron - reversal of normal order of two words or sentences etc. (as in `bred and born')
--₁ is a kind of rhetorical device
hysteron proteron - the logical fallacy of using as a true premise a proposition that is yet to be proved
--₂ is a kind of logical fallacy

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