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Hysteron proteron
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Hys′te-ron prot′e-ron
.[NL., fr. Gr.
ὕστεροσ
the latter, following + πρότεροσ
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.