reductio ad Hitlerum en · NOUN
Etymology
Pseudo-Latinism. Coined by Leo Strauss in 1951, by analogy with reductio ad absurdum.
Meanings
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An attempt to invalidate someone else's argument on the basis that the same idea was promoted or practiced by Adolf Hitler or the Nazi Party.
Just on Twitter alone, there were too many arguments, too many reductio ad Hitlerums for me to handle alone.
2018, Carl Miller, chapter 7, in The Death of the Gods […] , William Heinemann, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| reductio ad Hitlerums | Number=Plur | lexicographic |