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post hoc
post hoc [ pst hók, pst hṓk ]


noun 
Definition:
 
logical error: the fallacy of arguing that since one event happened before a second, the first caused the second
[Mid-19th century. < Latin, "after this," referring to the fallacy post hoc, ergo propter hoc "after this, therefore because of this"]
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