'Hysteron proteron' definitions:
Definition of 'hysteron proteron'
(from WordNet)
noun
Reversal of normal order of two words or sentences etc. (as in `bred and born')
noun
The logical fallacy of using as a true premise a proposition that is yet to be proved
Definition of 'Hysteron proteron'
From: GCIDE
- Hysteron proteron \Hys"te*ron prot"e*ron\ [NL., fr. Gr. "y`steros the latter, following + pro`teros before, others, sooner.] (Rhet.) (a) A figure in which the natural order of sense is reversed; hysterology; as, valet atque vivit, "he is well and lives." (b) An inversion of logical order, in which the conclusion is put before the premises, or the thing proved before the evidence. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'hysteron proteron'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Synonyms of 'hysteron proteron'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- anastrophe,
- argument,
- argument by analogy,
- argumentum ad baculum,
- argumentum ad captandum,
- argumentum ad hominem,
- arsy-varsiness,
- bad case,
- begging the question,
- chiasmus,
- circular argument,
- claptrap,
- clutter,
- crowd-pleasing argument,
- empty words,
- fallacy,
- farrago,
- formal fallacy,
- hash,
- helter-skelter,
- higgledy-piggledy,
- hodgepodge,
- hypallage,
- hyperbaton,
- insincere argument,
- jumble,
- litter,
- logical fallacy,
- material fallacy,
- mere rhetoric,
- mess,
- metastasis,
- metathesis,
- mishmash,
- moonshine,
- non sequitur,
- palindrome,
- paralogism,
- parenthesis,
- petitio principii,
- philosophism,
- pseudosyllogism,
- scramble,
- solecism,
- sophism,
- sophistry,
- synchysis,
- tmesis,
- topsy-turviness,
- topsy-turvydom,
- tumble,
- turmoil,
- unholy mess,
- verbal fallacy,
- weak point,
- welter