argumentum ad populum

Noun

Meaning

argumentum ad populum (plural argumenta ad populum)

(rhetoric) A fallacious argument that concludes a proposition to be true because many or all people believe it; it alleges that “if many believe so, it is so”.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

argumentum ad numerum bandwagon fallacy

Close letter words and terms

argumentum ad nauseam argumentum ad numerum argumentum ad passiones argumentum ad verecundiam argumentum baculinum Argun