Usually means: After the fact; subsequent reasoning.
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  1. post hoc: Merriam-Webster
  2. post hoc: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. post hoc: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  1. post hoc: Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names

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  1. post hoc: Wordcraft Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (post hoc)

adjective:  After the fact.
adverb:  After the fact.
noun:  An instance of the post hoc ergō propter hoc fallacy, in which temporal order is confused with causation.

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