hysteron proteron

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hysteron proteron

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From Ancient Greek, from ὕστερον (hústeron, “latter, arriving late”) + πρότερον (próteron, “former, before”).

noun 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.
Similar: hysterosis
An inversion or reversal of the natural order of things.

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@misc{hysteron_proteron_2026,
  title = {hysteron proteron},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hysteron%20proteron},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}