ad hominem
directed at a person's emotions or personal sensitivities as opposed to rationale or objective facts (especially as in a court trial, whether in appeal or in attack) | ||||
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Ad hominem Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Ad hominem
A phrase applied to an appeal or argument addressed to the principles, interests, or passions ofA man.
A phrase applied to an appeal or argument addressed to the principles, interests, or passions ofA man.
| WordNet 2.0 |
ad hominem
Adjective
1. appealing to personal considerations (rather than to fact or reason); "ad hominem arguments"
(similar) personal
Adjective
1. appealing to personal considerations (rather than to fact or reason); "ad hominem arguments"
(similar) personal
| hEnglish - advanced version |
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.
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.
Ad hominem Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
| JM Latin-English Dictionary |
Ad hominem
Appealing to a person's physical and emotional urges, rather than her or his intellect
Appealing to a person's physical and emotional urges, rather than her or his intellect
Ad hominem Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Ad hominem
An ad hominem argument, also known as argumentum ad hominem (Latin: "argument to the person", "argument against the man") consists of replying to an argument or factual claim by attacking or 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. The process of proving or disproving the claims is thereby subverted, and the argumentum ad hominem works to change the subject.
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