post hoc, ergo propter hoc

American  

[pohst hohk, er-goh prohp-ter hohk, pohst hok, er-goh prop-ter hok] / ˈpoʊst ˈhoʊk, ˈɛr goʊ ˈproʊp tɛr ˌhoʊk, ˈpoʊst ˈhɒk, ˈɛr goʊ ˈprɒp tər ˌhɒk /

Latin.

1. 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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