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argumentum ad crumenam

argumentum ad crumenam noun: the logical fallacy of concluding that a proposition is correct because the person advancing it is rich.

Noun

argumentum ad crumenam (plural argumenta ad crumenam)

  1. (rhetoric) The logical fallacy of concluding that a proposition is correct because the person advancing it is rich.
    • That it be known and distinguished by the name and title of the Argumentum Fistulatorium, and no other;—and that it rank here∣after with the Argumentum Baculinum, and the Argumentum ad Crumenam, and for ever hereafter be treated of in the same chapter.1759, Laurence Sterne, The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
    • The argumentum ad crumenam, however, is understood wherever there are pockets to appeal to, and even where there are none.1908 December 19, “An Unsavoury Bait”, in The British Medical Journal, volume 2, number 2503, →JSTOR, page 1832

Examples of argumentum ad crumenam in a sentence

  • An electioneering budget is an argumentum ad crumenam, and most elections in democracies have a strong element of this old argument.1991 April 12, Philip Howard, “Rhetoric and All That Rot”, in The Times, London:
  • We call such a ridiculous proposal argumentum ad crumenam, an argument based on wealth.2005 January 19, Jason Long, Biblical Nonsense: A Review of the Bible for Doubting Christians, Lincoln, IN: iUniverse, →ISBN, →OL, page 25:

Synonyms of argumentum ad crumenam

Antonyms

Forms of argumentum ad crumenam

pluralargumenta ad crumenam

Origin of argumentum ad crumenam

Latin

Questions about argumentum ad crumenam

What does argumentum ad crumenam mean?
Argumentum ad crumenam means the logical fallacy of concluding that a proposition is correct because the person advancing it is rich.
How do you use argumentum ad crumenam in a sentence?
An electioneering budget is an argumentum ad crumenam, and most elections in democracies have a strong element of this old argument.
What part of speech is argumentum ad crumenam?
Argumentum ad crumenam is a noun.
What is the plural of argumentum ad crumenam?
The plural of argumentum ad crumenam is argumenta ad crumenam.

Words near argumentum ad crumenam in the dictionary

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

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