propter hoc

American  

[prawp-ter hawk, prop-ter hok] / ˈprɔp tɛr ˈhɔk, ˈprɒp tər ˈhɒk /

adverb

Latin.

1. because of this.

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Example Sentences

Post hoc ergo propter hoc, external is an informal fallacy that states that because an event followed another, it was caused by it.

From BBC

They never consider, for a moment, the phrase "post hoc ergo propter hoc."

From Salon

"A Wet and Warm Spring, Then 200,000 Dead Saigas"? Post hoc ergo propter hoc?

From New York Times

Asserting that De Soto’s visit caused the subsequent collapse of the Caddo and Coosa may be only the old logical fallacy of post hoc ergo propter hoc.

From Literature

This is post hoc ergo propter hoc reasoning; he doesn’t make the case the “cost trends” would have continued absent the law.

From The Wall Street Journal