hys·ter·on prot·er·on /ˌhɪstəˌrɑnˈprɑtəˌrɑn, tərənˈprɑtərən, ˈprɔ-/



 Hys·ter·ol·o·gy n.  Rhet. A figure by which the ordinary course of thought is inverted in expression, and the last put first; -- called also hysteron proteron.

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 Hys·te·ron prot·e·ron  Rhet. (a) A figure in which the natural order of sense is reversed; hysterology; as, valet atque vivit, “he is well and lives.” (b) An inversion of logical order, in which the conclusion is put before the premises, or the thing proved before the evidence.

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