post hoc
- A flawed reasoning that identifies something as the cause of an event merely because it occurred earlier in time
- He suffered a stomachache after eating the apple, but claiming the apple caused it would be a post hoc fallacy.
- Blaming the rain for the team's loss just because it came first would be a post hoc argument.
- She attributed her success to the lucky penny she found that morning, displaying a classic case of post hoc reasoning.
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