Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun hysteron_proteron

2 senses of hysteron proteron

Sense 1
hysteron proteron -- (reversal of normal order of two words or sentences etc. (as in `bred and born'))
       => rhetorical device -- (a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance))

Sense 2
hysteron proteron -- (the logical fallacy of using as a true premise a proposition that is yet to be proved)
       => logical fallacy -- (a fallacy in logical argumentation)