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argumentum ad dictionarium

argumentum ad dictionarium noun: an argument citing a dictionary definition as the proper and correct usage, and claiming that an excluded usage must be incorrect.

Noun

argumentum ad dictionarium (uncountable)

  1. (rhetoric) An argument citing a dictionary definition as the proper and correct usage, and claiming that an excluded usage must be incorrect.

Origin of argumentum ad dictionarium

From Latin [Term?].

Questions about argumentum ad dictionarium

What does argumentum ad dictionarium mean?
Argumentum ad dictionarium means an argument citing a dictionary definition as the proper and correct usage, and claiming that an excluded usage must be incorrect.
What part of speech is argumentum ad dictionarium?
Argumentum ad dictionarium is a noun.

Words near argumentum ad dictionarium in the dictionary

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

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