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argumentum ad ignorantiam

argumentum ad ignorantiam noun: a fallacious argument asserting that a proposition is true because it has not yet been proven false, or vice versa.

Noun

argumentum ad ignorantiam

  1. A fallacious argument asserting that a proposition is true because it has not yet been proven false, or vice versa.

Origin of argumentum ad ignorantiam

From Latin [Term?].

Questions about argumentum ad ignorantiam

What does argumentum ad ignorantiam mean?
Argumentum ad ignorantiam means a fallacious argument asserting that a proposition is true because it has not yet been proven false, or vice versa.
What part of speech is argumentum ad ignorantiam?
Argumentum ad ignorantiam is a noun.

Words near argumentum ad ignorantiam in the dictionary

  1. argumentum ad crumenam
  2. argumentum ad dictionarium
  3. argumentum ad feminam
  4. argumentum ad fidem
  5. argumentum ad hominem
  6. argumentum ad ignorantiam
  7. argumentum ad invidiam
  8. argumentum ad judicium
  9. argumentum ad lapidem
  10. argumentum ad Lazarum
  11. argumentum ad nauseam

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