post hoc
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.41 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adv
Example Sentences
- "Our work on using research was post hoc rather than planned as an integral part of the original study."
- "The interpretations offered in this section are clearly much more post hoc than in my discussion of the informants' patterns."
- "But I knew that my reasoning was post hoc, and another voice came in, mocking me, reminding me that post hoc reasoning is the consolation of the psychotic"
- "Even at time of writing, it is not remotely clear what has or hasn’t been happening – whether a smaller private wedding had taken place in advance and this was all a post-hoc celebration, whether the size of the venue meant some superfans would be admitted for a glimpse, whether – and this is a big plotline – heavily oxidised former BFF Blake Lively would be a bridesmaid, or even attending at all."
- "Ultimately, the wisdom of preemption will be judged post hoc."
- "or that it is altogether fair to accumulate the post hocs with their inevitable suggestion of propter"