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ad hom

ad hom is the abbreviation of ad hominem.

Meaning of ad hominem

Adjective

ad hominem (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to this kind of fallacious objection.
    • Well that's an ad hominem argument.

See all 3 meanings of ad hominem

Forms of ad hom

Adjective
alternative formad-hom
Noun
pluralad homs

Questions about ad hom

What is ad hom the abbreviation of?
Ad hom is the abbreviation of ad hominem.

Words near ad hom in the dictionary

  1. ad hocness
  2. ad hocracies
  3. ad hocracy
  4. ad hocrat
  5. ad hocrats
  6. ad hom
  7. ad hominem
  8. ad hominems
  9. ad hominum
  10. ad homs
  11. ad idem

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ad hom (page history and authors); ad hominem (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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