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post hoc, ergo propter hoc Definition

post· hoc, ergo prop·ter hoc (pōst′ häk er′gō präptər 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

Post hoc ergo propter hoc Law Definition

Latin

After this; therefore because of this. An illogical notion that because one thing occurred after another, it must have been caused by the first thing.