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English
Etymology
From Latin ex post (“after the event”).
Adjective
ex post (not comparable)
- (of financial returns etc) actual
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German
Etymology
From Latin ex post (“after the event”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
ex post
- (higher register) after the fact
- Synonyms: im Nachhinein, nachträglich
2017 April 25, Adrian Lobe, “Realität wird zum Glaubenskrieg”, in Die Zeit:Die Anhänger der neoreaktionären beziehungsweise neurechten Strömung vom Programmierer Yarvin bis zu Trumps Chefstrategen Steve Bannon versuchen erst ex post eine Ideologie zu konstruieren, die in der Ablehnung der Gendertheorie und universalistischer Werte gründet.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
- “ex post” in Duden online
- “ex post” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Latin ex post.
Pronunciation
Adverb
ex post (not comparable)
- (idiomatic, literary) after the fact, post factum
- Synonyms: po fakcie, post factum
- Antonym: ex ante
Further reading
- ex post in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- ex post in Polish dictionaries at PWN