ipso facto

English

Etymology

From Latin ipso + facto.

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈɪpsəʊ ˌfæktəʊ/

Adverb

ipso facto (not comparable)

1. By that very fact itself. Compare: eo ipso.
   • 1999 April, Bryan Caplan, "The Austrian Search for Realistic Foundations", in Southern Economic Journal, volume 65, number 4, page 833:

     For [Ludwig von] Mises or [Murray] Rothbard, it is simply confused to posit latent preferences; if two individuals fail to make an exchange, then this ipso facto demonstrates that at that moment at least one of them would not have benefited from the exchange.

Translations

By that fact

Czech: samo o sobě (cs) Finnish: itsessään

French: ipso facto (fr) Latin: ipso facto (la)