English

Noun

hysteron proteron ‎(plural hysteron proterons)

1. (rhetoric) A figure of speech in which a phrase that should come last is put first; hysterology.

   "He is well and lives" is a hysteron proteron.

2. An inversion or reversal of the natural order of things.

Derived terms

• hystero-proterize

See also

• put the cart before the horse