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non causa pro causa

non causa pro causa noun: an umbrella term for informal fallacies where one mistakes for a cause something that is not the cause; the false cause fallacy.

Noun

non causa pro causa (uncountable)

  1. (rhetoric) An umbrella term for informal fallacies where one mistakes for a cause something that is not the cause; the false cause fallacy.
    Synonyms:
    false cause

Synonyms of non causa pro causa

Origin of non causa pro causa

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

Questions about non causa pro causa

What does non causa pro causa mean?
Non causa pro causa means an umbrella term for informal fallacies where one mistakes for a cause something that is not the cause; the false cause fallacy.
What part of speech is non causa pro causa?
Non causa pro causa is a noun.

Words near non causa pro causa in the dictionary

  1. Nomuras
  2. non
  3. non assumpsit
  4. non assumpsits
  5. non biney
  6. non causa pro causa
  7. non compos
  8. non compos mentis
  9. non constat
  10. non distributio medii
  11. non divisi

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