post hoc

[ pohst-hohk; English pohst-hok ]
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adverbLatin.
  1. after this; afterward.

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How to use post hoc in a sentence

  • post hoc, propter hoc and this silly old man has been held up to all ensuing ages as an absurdly simple old fellow.

  • The distinction of post hoc and propter hoc, often lost sight of in modern as well as in ancient times.

    Eryxias | An Imitator of Plato
  • post hoc ergo propter hoc may be taken as a generic name for imperfect proof of causation from observed facts of succession.

British Dictionary definitions for post hoc

post hoc

/ (ˈpəʊst ˈhɒk) /


noun
  1. logic the fallacy of assuming that temporal succession is evidence of causal relation

Origin of post hoc

1
from Latin, short for Post hoc ergo propter hoc after this, therefore on account of this

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