post hoc ergo propter hoc

1. 1.

   the logical fallacy of believing that temporal succession implies a causal relation

   Synonymspost hoc

   Broaderlogical fallacy

Questions about post hoc ergo propter hoc

What does post hoc ergo propter hoc mean?

post hoc ergo propter hoc means "the logical fallacy of believing that temporal succession implies a causal relation".

What is another word for post hoc ergo propter hoc?

Close synonyms include post hoc. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is post hoc ergo propter hoc a common word?

post hoc ergo propter hoc is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.