"argumentum ad hominem" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: argumenta ad hominem [plural], argumentums ad hominem [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|-}} Latin Head templates: {{en-noun|argumenta ad hominem|argumentums ad hominem|nolinkhead=1}} argumentum ad hominem (plural argumenta ad hominem or argumentums ad hominem)
  1. (rhetoric) A type of fallacious argument in which the attempt is made to refute a theory or belief by discrediting the person(s) who advocate that theory or belief; an ad hominem argument. Tags: rhetoric Categories (topical): Logical fallacies, Rhetoric Synonyms: ad hominem, ad hominem argument Related terms: tu quoque, two wrongs don't make a right Translations (Translations): Ad-hominem-Argument (German), Argumentum ad hominem (German), argumentum ad hominem (note: often in italics) [neuter] (German), argumentum ad hominem (Hungarian), „ad hominem” érvelés (Hungarian), személyeskedés (Hungarian), 対人論証 (taijin ronshō) (Japanese)

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