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false cause

false cause noun: the fallacy of stating as a cause what is not actually the cause; the fallacy of non causa pro causa.

Noun

false cause (uncountable)

  1. (rhetoric) The fallacy of stating as a cause what is not actually the cause; the fallacy of non causa pro causa.

Synonyms of false cause

Questions about false cause

What does false cause mean?
False cause means the fallacy of stating as a cause what is not actually the cause; the fallacy of non causa pro causa.
What part of speech is false cause?
False cause is a noun.

Words near false cause in the dictionary

  1. false borrowing
  2. false borrowings
  3. false bottom
  4. false bottoms
  5. false buttonweed
  6. false cause
  7. false ceiling
  8. false chanterelle
  9. false chanterelles
  10. false cirrus
  11. false cognate

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