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Post Hoc
see synonyms of post hocNoun
1. post hoc, post hoc ergo propter hoc
the logical fallacy of believing that temporal succession implies a causal relation
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Post Hoc
see synonyms of post hocnoun
logic
the fallacy of assuming that temporal succession is evidence of causal relation
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Post Hoc
see synonyms of post hocadv. & adj.
In or of the form of an argument in which one event is asserted to be the cause of a later event simply by virtue of having happened earlier: grasping at reasons post hoc; a post hoc fallacy.
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