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HYSTERON PROTERON

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

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

logical fallacy (a fallacy in logical argumentation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

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))

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