Definition of Ad hominem. Meaning of Ad hominem. Synonyms of Ad hominem

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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...
- who is speaking, such as also in the ad hominem fallacy. For this argument, Locke coined the term argumentum ad verecundiam (appeal to shamefacedness/modesty)...
- absurdity"). According to Strauss, reductio ad Hitlerum is a type of ad hominem, ad misericordiam, or a fallacy of irrelevance. The suggested rationale...
- 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...
- 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...
- was a founding member of Rysher Entertainment. He was the President of Ad Hominem Enterprises, a production company he shared with Alexander Payne and Jim...
- 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...
- division, the false dilemma, the fallacy of begging the question, the ad hominem fallacy and the appeal to ignorance. There is no general agreement as...
- ****ociation or an appeal to spite (Latin: argumentum ad odium). Guilt by ****ociation is similar to ad hominem arguments which attack the speaker rather than...
- Alexander Payne. The two are business partners in the Santa Monica based Ad Hominem Enterprises, and are credited as co-writers of six films released between...