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hysteron proteron

English

  1. 🔊 the logical fallacy of using as a true premise a proposition that is yet to be proved
  2. 🔊 reversal of normal order of two words or sentences etc. (as in `bred and born')

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anastrophe argument argument by analogy argumentum ad baculum argumentum ad captandum argumentum ad hominem arsy-varsiness bad case begging the question chiasmus circular argument claptrap clutter crowd-pleasing argument empty words fallacy farrago formal fallacy hash helter-skelter higgledy-piggledy hodgepodge hypallage hyperbaton