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hys·teron pro·te·ron (histər än′ prätər än′)

noun

a figure of speech in which the logical order of ideas is reversed (Ex.: “I die, I faint, I fail”)

Etymology: LL < Gr hysteron, neut. of hysteros, latter + proteron, neut. of proteros, earlier

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