ad cap·tan·dum
variants:
or ad captandum vulgus \
¦ad-ˌkap-ˈtan-dəm(-ˈvəl-gəs)
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Definition of ad captandum
: designed to attract or please the crowd
—used often of an argument directed chiefly to the emotions
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The first known use of ad captandum was in 1836
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