catacosmesis

Meanings

1. A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in "proper order", particularly
2. A descending order from best, greatest, etc. to worst, lowest, etc.
3. A chronological order from first to last.
4. An ascending order from worst, lowest, etc. to best, greatest, etc; a climax.

Etymology

From the Latin form of the Ancient Greek κατακόσμησις (katakósmēsis, “arrangement”).