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Post hoc   /poʊst hɑk/   Listen
Post hoc

noun
1.
The logical fallacy of believing that temporal succession implies a causal relation.  Synonym: post hoc ergo propter hoc.





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... tamen ut si vir cl. M. Mller, M.A., hodie linguarum modernarum Europ professor Taylorianus, eam professionem intra mensem post hoc statutum sancitum resignaverit, seque professoris philologi comparativ munus suscipere paratum esse scripto Vice-Cancellarium certiorem ...
— Chips from a German Workshop - Volume IV - Essays chiefly on the Science of Language • Max Muller


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