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post hoc, ergo propter hoc

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post hoc, er⋅go prop⋅ter hoc

[pohst hohk, er-goh prohp-ter hohk; Eng. pohst hok, ur-goh prop-ter hok er-goh]
Latin.
after this, therefore because of it: a formula designating an error in logic that accepts as a cause something that merely occurred earlier in time.
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