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argumentum ad consequentiam

argumentum ad consequentiam noun: a logical fallacy in which a statement is determined to be true or false based on whether it would be pleasant or desirable, rather than based on reality.

Noun

argumentum ad consequentiam

  1. (rhetoric) A logical fallacy in which a statement is determined to be true or false based on whether it would be pleasant or desirable, rather than based on reality.

Origin of argumentum ad consequentiam

Borrowed from Latin argūmentum ad cōnsequentiam.

Questions about argumentum ad consequentiam

What does argumentum ad consequentiam mean?
Argumentum ad consequentiam means a logical fallacy in which a statement is determined to be true or false based on whether it would be pleasant or desirable, rather than based on reality.
What part of speech is argumentum ad consequentiam?
Argumentum ad consequentiam is a noun.

Words near argumentum ad consequentiam in the dictionary

  1. arguments from silence
  2. arguments of periapsis
  3. arguments to the purse
  4. argumentum
  5. argumentum ad baculum
  6. argumentum ad consequentiam
  7. argumentum ad crumenam
  8. argumentum ad dictionarium
  9. argumentum ad feminam
  10. argumentum ad fidem
  11. argumentum ad hominem

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