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argumentum ad fidem en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• ärgyo͞omĕnʹtəm ăd fĭʹdĕm (Received-Pronunciation)
• /-ɡuː-/ emulating Classical Latin
• /-tum-/ emulating Classical Latin
• /-ˈfi.dɛm/ emulating Classical Latin
• /ɑːɡjuːˈmɛntəm æd ˈfɪdɛm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /-ˈfi.dɛm/
• /ɑɹ.ɡjuˈmɛn.təm æd ˈfɪ.dɛm/ (General-American)

Etymology

Latin: argūmentum (“argument”, “proof”) + ad (“to”, “toward”) + fidem (accusative singular of fidēs, “faith”, “belief”) ≈ “appeal to faith”

Meanings

1. (rhetoric) A fallacious argument that asserts the truth of a proposition by an appeal to pious testimony or religious revelation.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:argumentum ad fidem.

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