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non causa pro causa

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.25 in modern English

Syllables
non -causa pro -causa
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An umbrella term for informal fallacies where one mistakes for a cause something that is not the cause; the false cause fallacy.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin nōn causa prō causā (“not the cause for the cause”).

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Synonyms

false cause

Questions

What does non causa pro causa mean?
An umbrella term for informal fallacies where one mistakes for a cause something that is not the cause; the false cause fallacy.
Where does non causa pro causa come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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