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HYSTERON PROTERON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The logical fallacy of using as a true premise a proposition that is yet to be proved
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("hysteron proteron" is a kind of...):
logical fallacy (a fallacy in logical argumentation)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Reversal of normal order of two words or sentences etc. (as in 'bred and born')
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("hysteron proteron" is a kind of...):
rhetorical device (a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance))
