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post hoc

post hoc

 
pronunciation:
post hak
part of speech: adjective
definition 1: relating to or consisting of an argument or claim that one event in time is the cause of the event that directly follows it, made without any other justification than that the one occurred just before the other.
definition 2: conceived or contrived after the fact.
He was ashamed of what he had done, and his post hoc justification of his behavior was of little comfort.The mayor's post hoc explanation of the incident left some questions unanswered.