"argumentum ad crumenam" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: argumenta ad crumenam [plural]
Etymology: Latin Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin Head templates: {{en-noun|argumenta ad crumenam}} argumentum ad crumenam (plural argumenta ad crumenam)
  1. (rhetoric) The logical fallacy of concluding that a proposition is correct because the person advancing it is rich. Tags: rhetoric Categories (topical): Logical fallacies Synonyms: argument to the purse Related terms: Worthington's law [humorous]
    Sense id: en-argumentum_ad_crumenam-en-noun-WIiRG9~p Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1908 December 19, “An Unsavoury Bait”, in The British Medical Journal, volume 2, number 2503, →JSTOR, page 1832:",
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