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cum hoc ergo propter hoc

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The logical fallacy of assuming that two events that occur at the same time have a cause-and-effect relationship.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rhetoric, uncountable

Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences

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From Latin cum hoc ergo propter hoc (“with this, therefore because of this”).