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Definition of Ad hominem

Ad hominem
Ad hominem Ad hom"i*nem [L., to the man.] A phrase applied to an appeal or argument addressed to the principles, interests, or passions of a man.

Meaning of Ad hominem from wikipedia

- Ad hominem (Latin for 'to the person'), short for argumentum ad hominem, refers to several types of arguments that are usually fallacious. Often currently...
- person who is speaking, such as in the ad hominem fallacy. For this argument, Locke coined the term argumentum ad verecundiam (appeal to shamefacedness/modesty)...
- opponent appears hypocritical. This specious reasoning is a special type of ad hominem attack. The Oxford English Dictionary cites John Cooke's 1614 stage play...
- the absurd"). According to Strauss, reductio ad Hitlerum is a type of ad hominem, ad misericordiam, or a fallacy of irrelevance. The suggested rationale...
- direction toward in space or time (e.g. ad nauseam, ad infinitum, ad hoc, ad libidem, ad valorem, ad hominem). It is also used as a prefix in Latin word...
- it is called a dead cat strategy. Ad hominemattacking the arguer instead of the argument. (Note that "ad hominem" can also refer to the dialectical...
- Elvis' Gold Records, Volume 2 A Hundred Authors Against Einstein Ad hominem Reductio ad Hitlerum Cognitive dissonance Consensus theory of truth Conventional...
- way. You could call this an argomentum ad personam, and you should distinguish it from the argomentum ad hominem; in fact, while in the latter we attack...
- Ad nauseam is a Latin term for an argument or other discussion that has continued to the figurative point of nausea. For example, "this has been discussed...
- point by point. Philosophy portal Ad hominem Solvitur ambulando Ignoratio elenchi Appeal to ridicule Argumentum ad baculum Proof by ****ertion I'm entitled...