post hoc
adverb
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adj
Etymology: From Latin post hoc.
- After the fact.
“Our work on using research was post hoc rather than planned as an integral part of the original study.”
“The interpretations offered in this section are clearly much more post hoc than in my discussion of the informants' patterns.”
adv
Etymology: From Latin post hoc.
- After the fact.
“Ultimately, the wisdom of preemption will be judged post hoc.”
noun
Etymology: From Latin post hoc ergō propter hoc.
- An instance of the post hoc ergō propter hoc fallacy, in which temporal order is confused with causation.
“or that it is altogether fair to accumulate the post hocs with their inevitable suggestion of propter”
“More grim were the post hocs of the ancient Aztecs. In their experience rain had followed the season of sacrificial rites, and they believed that ....”