Meaning Of The Word Hysteron proteron

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hysteron proteron in American English
a figure of speech in which the logical order of ideas is reversed (Ex.: “I die, I faint, I fail”)
noun: a figure of speech in which the logical order of two elements in discourse is reversed, as in “bred and born” for “born and bred”

hysteron proteron in British English
noun: a fallacious argument in which the proposition to be proved is assumed as a premise

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