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post hoc

[pohst hohk; Eng. pohst hok]
Latin.
after this; afterward.
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post hoc   (hŏk, hōk)   
adv.   & adj.
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: coming to conclusions post hoc; post hoc reasoning.

[Latin, short for post hoc, ergō propter hoc, after this, therefore because of this : post, after + hoc, neuter of hic, this.]
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