hysteron proteron

Definition of Hysteron Proteron in English :

1. hysteron proteron

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

2. hysteron proteron

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hysteron Proteron

noun

1. logic

a fallacious argument in which the proposition to be proved is assumed as a premise

2. rhetoric

a figure of speech in which the normal order of two sentences, clauses, etc, is reversed, as in bred and born (for born and bred)

a figure of speech in which the logical order of ideas is reversed (Ex.: “I die, I faint, I fail”)

n.

1. A figure of speech in which the natural or rational order of its terms is reversed, as in bred and born instead of born and bred.

2. The logical fallacy of assuming as true and using as a premise a proposition that is yet to be proved.