adverb & 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: coming to conclusions post hoc; post hoc reasoning.
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Origin: Latin
Origin: , short for post hoc, ergō propter hoc, after this, therefore because of this
Origin: : post, after
Origin: + hoc
Origin: , neuter of hic, this
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