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post hoc, ergo propter hoc

post hoc, ergo propter hoc definition

post· hoc, ergo prop·ter hoc (pōst′ häk′ er′gō präp′tər häk′)

after this, therefore because of this: used in logic to designate the fallacy of thinking that a happening which follows another must be its result, and sometimes clipped to post hoc

Etymology: L

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