Meaning of HYSTERON PROTERON
| Pronunciation: | | 'histu`rân 'prâtu`rân
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- [n] the logical fallacy of using as a true premise a proposition that is yet to be proved
- [n] reversal of normal order of two words or sentences etc. (as in `bred and born')
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| | See Also: | | logical fallacy, rhetorical device | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Hys"te*ron prot"e*ron\ [NL., fr. Gr. ? the
latter, following + ? 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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| | Related Terms: | | anastrophe, argument, argument by analogy, argumentum ad baculum, argumentum ad captandum, argumentum ad hominem, arsy-varsiness, bad case, begging the question, chiasmus, circular argument, claptrap, clutter, crowd-pleasing argument, empty words, fallacy, farrago, formal fallacy, hash, helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy, hodgepodge, hypallage, hyperbaton, insincere argument, jumble, litter, logical fallacy, material fallacy, mere rhetoric, mess, metastasis, metathesis, mishmash, moonshine, non sequitur, palindrome, paralogism, parenthesis, petitio principii, philosophism, pseudosyllogism, scramble, solecism, sophism, sophistry, synchysis, tmesis, topsy-turviness, topsy-turvydom, tumble, turmoil, unholy mess, verbal fallacy, weak point, welter |
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