argumentum ad passiones

Noun

Meaning

argumentum ad passiones (plural argumenta ad passiones)

(rhetoric) An appeal or argument intended to convince the listener(s) by agitating the emotions, rather than by appealing to sober judgment.

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Close letter words and terms

argumentum ad Lazarum argumentum ad nauseam argumentum ad numerum argumentum ad populum argumentum ad verecundiam argumentum baculinum