HYSTERON PROTERON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hysteron proteron mean? 

• HYSTERON PROTERON (noun)
  The noun HYSTERON PROTERON has 2 senses:

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

  Familiarity information: HYSTERON PROTERON used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HYSTERON PROTERON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Reversal of normal order of two words or sentences etc. (as in 'bred and born')

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("hysteron proteron" is a kind of...):

rhetorical device (a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance))

Sense 2

Meaning:

The logical fallacy of using as a true premise a proposition that is yet to be proved

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("hysteron proteron" is a kind of...):

logical fallacy (a fallacy in logical argumentation)