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Hysteron proteron Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A figure in which the natural order of sense is reversed; hysterology; as, valet atque vivit, "he is well and lives."

2. An inversion of logical order, in which the conclusion is put before the premises, or the thing proved before the evidence.

Inversion Roget’s Thesaurus §218

N. inversion, eversion, subversion, reversion, retroversion, introversion, contraposition, contrariety, reversal, turn of the tide, overturn, somersault, somerset, summerset, culbute, revulsion, pirouette, transposition, transposal, anastrophy, metastasis, hyperbaton, anastrophe, hysteron proteron, hypallage, synchysis, tmesis, parenthesis, metathesis, palindrome, pronation and supination

V. be inverted &c, turn round, turn about, turn to the right about, go round, go about, go to the right about, wheel round, wheel about, wheel to the right about, turn over, go over, tilt over, topple over, capsize, turn turtle, invert, subvert, retrovert, introvert, reverse, up turn, over turn, up set, over set, turn topsy turvy, culbuter, transpose, put the cart before the horse, turn the tables

Adj. inverted, wrong side out, wrong side up, inside out, upside down, bottom upwards, keel upwards, supine, on one's head, topsy- turvy, sens dessus dessous, inverse, reverse, opposite, top heavy

Adv. inversely, hirdy-girdy, heels over head, head over heels