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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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Dictionary Results for hysteron proteron:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
hysteron proteron
    n 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

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Hysterology \Hys`ter*ol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ?; ? the latter + ?
   discourse: cf. F. hyst['e]rologie.] (Rhet.)
   A figure by which the ordinary course of thought is inverted
   in expression, and the last put first; -- called also
   hysteron proteron.
   [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Hysteron proteron \Hys"te*ron prot"e*ron\ [NL., fr. Gr.
   "y`steros the latter, following + pro`teros 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.
       [1913 Webster]

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