hysteron proteron

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek

Noun

hysteron proteron (plural hysteron proterons)

(rhetoric) A figure of speech in which a phrase that should come last is put first; hysterology.
"He is well and lives" is a hysteron proteron.
An inversion or reversal of the natural order of things.

Derived terms

hystero-proterize

See also

put the cart before the horse

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