hysteron proteron

Noun

Meaning

A figure in which the natural order of sense is reversed; hysterology; as, valet atque vivit, "he is well and lives."

An inversion of logical order, in which the conclusion is put before the premises, or the thing proved before the evidence.

Source: Webster's dictionary

argument hash fallacy clutter parenthesis claptrap farrago palindrome higgledy-piggledy anastrophe hyperbaton hypallage chiasmus tmesis synchysis

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order structure solution resolution interpretation answer

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hysteromyoma hysteromyomectomy hysteron hysteronotal hysteropexy hysterophytal