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ad hominem


1ad ho·mi·nem

adj \(ˈ)ad-ˈhä-mə-ˌnem, -nəm\

Definition of AD HOMINEM

1
: appealing to feelings or prejudices rather than intellect
2
: marked by or being an attack on an opponent's character rather than by an answer to the contentions made

Origin of AD HOMINEM

New Latin, literally, to the person
First Known Use: 1598

Other Literature Terms

apophasis, bathos, bildungsroman, bowdlerize, caesura, coda, doggerel, euphemism, poesy, prosody

Rhymes with AD HOMINEM

alter idem, cable modem, carpe diem, cave canem, crème de la crème, ICBM, semper idem

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