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Post Hoc

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Noun

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

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noun
logic
the fallacy of assuming that temporal succession is evidence of causal relation

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Post Hoc

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adv. & 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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