"ad hominem" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: Ellipsis of the Latin expression argumentum ad hominem (“argument at the person”). It can also mean attacking the messenger. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Ellipsis}} Ellipsis, {{der|en|la|-}} Latin, {{m|la|argumentum ad hominem||argument at the person}} argumentum ad hominem (“argument at the person”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} ad hominem (not comparable)
  1. Of or relating to this kind of fallacious objection. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-ad_hominem-en-adj-XKOK0SXB

Adverb [English]

Etymology: Ellipsis of the Latin expression argumentum ad hominem (“argument at the person”). It can also mean attacking the messenger. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Ellipsis}} Ellipsis, {{der|en|la|-}} Latin, {{m|la|argumentum ad hominem||argument at the person}} argumentum ad hominem (“argument at the person”) Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} ad hominem (not comparable)
  1. In an ad hominem manner. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-ad_hominem-en-adv-Uu0rCbjG

Noun [English]

Forms: ad hominems [plural]
Etymology: Ellipsis of the Latin expression argumentum ad hominem (“argument at the person”). It can also mean attacking the messenger. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Ellipsis}} Ellipsis, {{der|en|la|-}} Latin, {{m|la|argumentum ad hominem||argument at the person}} argumentum ad hominem (“argument at the person”) Head templates: {{en-noun|nolinkhead=1}} ad hominem (plural ad hominems)
  1. Short for argumentum ad hominem: A fallacious objection to an argument or factual claim by appealing to a characteristic or belief of the person making the argument or claim, rather than by addressing the substance of the argument or producing evidence against the claim; an attempt to argue against an opponent's idea by discrediting the opponent themselves. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: argumentum ad hominem (extra: A fallacious objection to an argument or factual claim by appealing to a characteristic or belief of the person making the argument or claim, rather than by addressing the substance of the argument or producing evidence against the claim; an attempt to argue against an opponent's idea by discrediting the opponent themselves) Categories (topical): Logical fallacies Hyponyms: appeal to motive, argumentum ad feminam, argumentum ad invidiam, damn by association (english: a.k.a. guilt by association), Kafkatrap, playing the man and not the ball, poisoning the well, tone policing, traitorous critic fallacy, tu quoque Translations (logical fallacy): ad hominem (Catalan), 对人不对事 (Chinese Mandarin), 以人废言 (yǐrénfèiyán) (Chinese Mandarin), ad hominem (Finnish), 対人論証 (taijin ronshō) (Japanese), ad hominem [masculine] (Portuguese), ad hominem (Spanish), katwirang umaantig sa sarilintao (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-ad_hominem-en-noun-7Bo-39dT Disambiguation of Logical fallacies: 3 2 45 50 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 1 52 46 Disambiguation of 'logical fallacy': 61 39
  2. (informal) A personal attack. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Logic, Logical fallacies Translations (personal attack): 人身攻擊 (Chinese Mandarin), 人身攻击 (rénshēn gōngjī, rénshēn gōngjí) (Chinese Mandarin), ad hominem (Finnish), henkilökohtaisuus (Finnish), attaque personnelle [feminine] (French), persönlicher Angriff [masculine] (German), 人身攻撃 (jinshin kōgeki) (Japanese), ad hominem [masculine] (Portuguese), перехо́д на ли́чности (perexód na líčnosti) [masculine] (Russian), ли́чные напа́дки (líčnyje napádki) [feminine, plural] (Russian), ataque personal [masculine] (Spanish), personangrepp [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-ad_hominem-en-noun-K-PiPPw4 Disambiguation of Logic: 3 3 39 55 Disambiguation of Logical fallacies: 3 2 45 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 1 34 62 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 1 52 46 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 2 1 41 56 Disambiguation of 'personal attack': 10 90

Adjective [Portuguese]

IPA: /ˈa.d͡ʒi ˈõ.mi.nẽj̃/ [Brazil], [ˈa.d͡ʒi ˈõ.mi.nẽɪ̯̃] [Brazil], /ˈa.d͡ʒi ˈõ.mi.nẽj̃/ [Brazil], [ˈa.d͡ʒi ˈõ.mi.nẽɪ̯̃] [Brazil], /ˈa.d͡ʒi ˈo.mi.nẽj̃/ [Southern-Brazil], [ˈa.d͡ʒi ˈo.mi.nẽɪ̯̃] [Southern-Brazil]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin ad hominem. Etymology templates: {{ubor|pt|la|ad hominem}} Unadapted borrowing from Latin ad hominem Head templates: {{pt-adj|inv=1}} ad hominem (invariable)
  1. (of an argument) ad hominem (being a personal attack) Tags: invariable
    Sense id: en-ad_hominem-pt-adj-fipdAjo1 Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 99 1

Adverb [Portuguese]

IPA: /ˈa.d͡ʒi ˈõ.mi.nẽj̃/ [Brazil], [ˈa.d͡ʒi ˈõ.mi.nẽɪ̯̃] [Brazil], /ˈa.d͡ʒi ˈõ.mi.nẽj̃/ [Brazil], [ˈa.d͡ʒi ˈõ.mi.nẽɪ̯̃] [Brazil], /ˈa.d͡ʒi ˈo.mi.nẽj̃/ [Southern-Brazil], [ˈa.d͡ʒi ˈo.mi.nẽɪ̯̃] [Southern-Brazil]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Latin ad hominem. Etymology templates: {{ubor|pt|la|ad hominem}} Unadapted borrowing from Latin ad hominem Head templates: {{pt-adv|hascomp=no}} ad hominem (not comparable)
  1. in an ad hominem manner Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-ad_hominem-pt-adv-cWXngt4C

Adjective [Spanish]

Head templates: {{es-adj|head=ad hominem|inv=yes}} ad hominem (invariable)
  1. ad hominem Tags: invariable
    Sense id: en-ad_hominem-es-adj-nN2mHtNe Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 100 0

Adverb [Spanish]

Head templates: {{es-adv|head=ad hominem}} ad hominem
  1. ad hominem
    Sense id: en-ad_hominem-es-adv-nN2mHtNe

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for ad hominem meaning in All languages combined (11.8kB)

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      "sense": "logical fallacy",
      "word": "对人不对事"
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      "sense": "logical fallacy",
      "word": "以人废言"
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      "word": "対人論証"
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      "word": "katwirang umaantig sa sarilintao"
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      "word": "人身攻擊"
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      "sense": "personal attack",
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      "code": "fi",
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