Argumentum

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What do we mean by argumentum?

An argument, demonstration, or appeal to reason. noun

An argument. noun

Used in numerous Latin phrases (and occasionally alone) in the sense of “appeal” or “argument”. noun

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word argumentum. Define argumentum, argumentum synonyms, argumentum pronunciation, argumentum translation, English dictionary definition of argumentum.

When used in an argument, a person takes various scraps of talking points and tosses them together into a bowl, then tries to pass the word salad as a cogent argument. Urban Dictionary

Latin for "appeal to the people" (If many believe so, it is so) Urban Dictionary

Latin for "Argument at the grammar". To counter an opponent's argument, however the degree of validity, by simply correcting their grammar. A part of being a grammar Nazi or a pilkunnussija. See also argumentum ad hominem ("argument at the person") or just ad hominem, where this term derives from. Urban Dictionary

Argumentum ab Scientia can mean two things, the first one is appeal to expertise, where it seeks on tell something is truth based on the opinion of experts on certain theme, but it can also mean appeal to science, that’s an argument where it says since something is considered as science it’s absolute and cannot be questioned. Both are two forms of argumentum ab scientia, being appeal to expertise more common than appeal to science. Urban Dictionary

1. argument, który nie ma sensu 2. często też próba obrazy, za pomocą porównania do pana ML Urban Dictionary

Using a language dictionary to argue your points, to justify your actions, and/or to claim that all uses of a given word outside of a given dictionary are incorrect. Fallacious as English dictionaries do not prescribe usage, but merely describe how words are used by society. Urban Dictionary

Argumentum ad indium 19:52 An argumentum ad indium (Faux Latin: "appeal to the indies"), in logic, is a fallacious argument that concludes a proposition to be false because many or all people like it; it alleges that "If many likes it, it is crap." This type of argument is known by several names, including appeal to the few, appeal to the self, appeal to the minority, argument by dissent, authority of the few, and bandwagon certainty. It is also the basis of a number of seemingly paradoxical social phenomena, including communal reinforcement and the bandwagon effect, the spreading of various musical and anti-musical beliefs, and of the Indie proverb "I liked band x before they sold out". Urban Dictionary

Argumentum ab Pseudoscientia, is a variation of the Argumentum ab Scientia, this is a kind of argument that seeks to consider an idea, hypothesis, concept or theory as invalid or false by using of possible flaws that exist inside it to consider it as “pseudoscientific” or even make comparisons with themes considered as “pseudosciences” such as climate denial, Flat Earth, antivax and so on. Argumentum ab Pseudoscientia is considered one of the main arguments using over the “Science Wars” and it’s even used nowadays in order to invalid opposite ideas, hypothesis, concepts and theories. A famous variation of the Argumentum ab Pseudoscientia is the Argumentum ab Fimbria, that’s a variation of the Argumentum ab Pseudoscientia but considering the theme as “fringe” or as “non-mainstream” for be considered as “invalid or false. Urban Dictionary

A very common modern informal fallacy. Most often it's an argumentation of the older generation (but also used by other generations) against anything remotely modern: pop culture, social media, technology and/or internet. This type of argumentation comes from Baby Boomer Generation, hence the name. Urban Dictionary

A fallacious argument that comes out of nowhere, is totally absurd, and the conclusion has nothing to do with the premise being proposed. Most often used religiously. Urban Dictionary

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The word "argumentum" in example sentences

Vries, "than that, on the one hand, everything which exists is conceived by or under some attribute or other; that the more reality, therefore, a being or thing has, the more attributes must be assigned to it;" "and conversely," (and this he calls his argumentum palmarium in proof of the existence of God,) "the more attributes I assign to a thing, the more I am forced to conceive it as existing." ❋ James Anthony Froude (1856)

First of all, Fake-Latin Name Person, the terms argumentum ad hominem and insult are orthogonal to each other. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Ed Brayton has been trying to enter the phrase argumentum ad labelum into the vocabulary. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The phrase argumentum ad verecundiam literally means the means ‘the argument from modesty’, and it was John Locke who evidently first used this phrase to refer to a kind of error or deceptive tactic that can be used by one person in discussion with another … ❋ Unknown (2009)

This is the fallacy called argumentum ad numeram: the idea that something is true because great numbers believe it. ❋ Glenda Larke (2010)

In any case, the wire service commits a logical fallacy known as the argumentum ad ignoratiam, or the appeal to ignorance. ❋ James Taranto (2010)

The argument from silence also called argumentum a silentio in Latin is that the silence of a speaker or writer about X... ❋ Unknown (2009)

You are using a common logical fallacy called argumentum ad populum. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Making up an answer when there is none is called argumentum ad ignorantium. ❋ Unknown (2008)

This is the classic logical fallacy known as argumentum ad populum. ❋ Unknown (2008)

This I think may be called argumentum ad verecundiam. ❋ Unknown (2007)

It may be called the argumentum ad personam, to distinguish it from the argumentum ad hominem, which passes from the objective discussion of the subject pure and simple to the statements or admissions which your opponent has made in regard to it. ❋ Unknown (2004)

Argument from ignorance, also known as argumentum ad ignorantiam or "appeal to ignorance" where "ignorance" stands for: "lack of evidence to the contrary", is a fallacy in informal logic. ❋ Digg (2011)

Their approach gives off an odor of "appeal to authority" the logical fallacy called argumentum ad verecundiam by logicians. ❋ Editor (2010)

There is an informal fallacy of logic known as the argumentum ad verecundiam, the appeal to authority, and you persist in committing it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In discussing the Boston Bombings and the Republican Congressmen who should understand the Constitution as pertains to the rights of American citizens, a commenter referred to the president as "[Obummer]" and said that the article about Republican Congressmen should have been entitled "Obama doesn't understand the Constitution" because the borders are [not secure] and Mexican [drug cartels] get guns. The comment has nothing to do with the article and can be dismissed as argumentum ad saladbar. ❋ Jdubhub68 (2013)

Argumentum Ad Numerum: the idea where something is true, because great numbers believe it. As in [eat shit], twenty [trillion] flies cant be wrong! - [Bill Maher] ❋ Sliickrick (2011)

"...[And that's] why your [the worst]." "My the worst what?" "And now you're resorting to argumentum ad grammaticam? That's [lame]." ❋ Cutesy Pastel Living Doll (2014)

“[Argumentum ab Scientia] is a common argument, mainly among [scientistic] people or people who put science, mainly natural sciences, as an absolute truth. The two main examples of the [argumentum ab scientia] can be a question to climate change and the second be “LGBT is a science then cannot be questioned” or even that “there’s nothing beyond matter and there’s just matter because naturalism, scientism and physicalism proved that”. Both are two forms of argumentum ab scientia, being the first one not actually an argumentum ad [baculum] and the second one is an argumentum ad baculum.! ❋ Full Monteirism (2021)

[Wida]ć po [tobie], że studiujesz z ML. Użyłem na debacie argumentum ad lebiedzium i [szoszo] nie zauważył. ❋ Jagundi (2022)

Person 1: Stop treating your 35 year [old son] like a child. He's not a child anymore. Person 2: But the dictionary says so. *pulls out Oxford* A child is "a son or daughter of any age". My 35 year old is my son, therefore he is a child. That means my 35 year old is [not ready] to watch anything but [G rated] movies, cannot drink beer, must obey my commands at all times, isn't old enough for a job, and... Person 1: Classic argumentum ad dictionarium. ❋ Udusers1 (2016)

"Sure I might have [briefly] enjoyed [Kings Of Leon's] earlier work, but their latest album is pure [pandering] to the masses" - Argumentum ad indium ❋ Erik K Veland (2008)

“The use of the Argumentum ab Pseudoscientia is really common nowadays, such as the uses of the Argumentum ab Fimbria, both kinds of arguments are well used nowadays by new atheists, anti-theists, scientificists and “skepticals” in order to invalid any idea or thing that’s opposite to them, and they use it all the time, mainly about potential [evidences] about multiverses, souls/spirits, consciousness, afterlife, extraphysics/nonphysics, existence of [extraphysical life] and so on, together with their [confirmation bias] as well.” ❋ Full Monteirism (2021)

Bro 1: Wtf is this Tik Tok shit, [those kids] are doing [stupid shit] thats [cringy AF]. Bro 2: Bruh, you just Argumentum ad Boomerum them. Bro 1: Oh shit you're right, fuck. ❋ Mnich Bez Poszanowania (2021)

1. Jesus is [the son] of god 2. Therefore god exists and defines all things 3. Science is [parallel] to religion and has no [conflict]. This is an "Argumentum Left Fieldiest". ❋ Keep The Reason (2011)

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