Defenition of the word hysteron proteron
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Defenition of the word hysteron proteron
- reversal of normal order of two words or sentences etc. (as in `bred and born')
- the logical fallacy of using as a true premise a proposition that is yet to be proved
- reversal of normal order of two words or sentences etc. (as in `bred and born'')
Hypernyms for the word hysteron proteron
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- logical fallacy
- rhetorical device
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