non causa pro causa
An umbrella term for informal fallacies where one mistakes for a cause something that…An umbrella term for informal fallacies where one mistakes for a cause something that is not the cause; the false cause fallacy.
Meaning
1 senses(rhetoric, uncountable)An umbrella term for informal fallacies where one mistakes for a cause something that is not the cause; the false cause fallacy.
Origin
From Latin nōn causa prō causā (“not the cause for the cause”).From Latin nōn causa prō causā (“not the cause for the cause”).
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Synonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable