Post Hoc Definition

hŏk, hōk
adjective
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.
American Heritage
After the fact.
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adverb
After the fact.
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noun

An instance of the post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy, in which temporal order is confused with causation.

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Noun

Singular:
post hoc
Plural:
post-hocs

Origin of Post Hoc

  • Latin short for post hoc, ergō propter hoc after this, therefore because of this post after hoc neuter of hic this

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin post hoc ergo propter hoc

    From Wiktionary

  • From Latin post hoc

    From Wiktionary

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