Found 2 items, similar to hysteron proteron.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: hysteron proteron hysteron proteron n 1: reversal of normal order of two words or sentences etc. (as in `bred and born') 2: the logical fallacy of using as a true premise a proposition that is yet to be proved
English → English (gcide) Definition: hysteron proteron Hysterology \Hys`ter*ol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ?; ? the latter + ? discourse: cf. F. hyst['e]rologie.] (Rhet.) A figure by which the ordinary course of thought is inverted in expression, and the last put first; -- called also hysteron proteron. [1913 Webster]