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hysteron proteron
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hysteron proteron
(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.
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Hysteron proteron
(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.
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hysteron proteron
(wn) | 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 |
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Hysteron proteron
(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]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.
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