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posthockery

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Use of post hoc reasoning, especially when excessive.

rare, uncountable

Examples

“Despite the dangers of posthockery implicit in the approach⟳ that has been taken here, it can cast⟳ some light⟳ on word-formation which other approaches would not be able to.”
“This tendency is clearly a second way to avoid⟳ the arbitrariness and posthockery of eclecticism.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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