hysteron proteron in English
noun
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a figure of speech in which what should come last is put first, i.e., an inversion of the natural order, for example “ I die! I faint! I fail! ”.
The reverse chronological order of these actions is an example of hysteron proteron , from the Greek for ‘later/first.’
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1. Anastrophe: [noun] inversion of the usual syntactical order of words for rhetorical effect — compare hysteron proteron.