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argumentum ad hominem

noun

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin.

Definitions

  1. A type of fallacious argument in which the attempt is made to refute a theory or belief…

    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.

    • [T]hey prefer argumentum ad hominem, which is a hell of a way to conduct a discussion.
    • The Fat Clown Derek keeps saying that I am making an argumentum ad hominem against him[.]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for argumentum ad hominem. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA