💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Argumentum"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| argumentum ad dictionariumnoun | (rhetoric) An argument citing a dictionary definition as the proper and correct usage, and claiming that an excluded usage must be incorrect. |
| argumentum ad passionesnoun | (rhetoric) An appeal or argument intended to convince the listener(s) by agitating the emotions, rather than by appealing to sober judgment. |
| argumentum ad numerumnoun | (rhetoric) argumentum ad populum. |
| argumentum ad lazarumnoun | (rhetoric, rare) An appeal to poverty; the logical fallacy of thinking a conclusion is correct because the speaker is poor. |
| argumentum ad nauseamnoun | (rhetoric) The false proof of a statement by (prolonged) repetition, possibly by different people. |
| elenchusnoun | (rhetoric) A technique of argument associated with Socrates wherein the arguer asks the interlocutor to agree with a series of premises and conclusions, ending with the arguer's intended point. |
| paromologianoun | (rhetoric) Concession to an adversary in order to strengthen one's own argument. |
| epicheiremanoun | Alternative form of epichirema. [(rhetoric, logic) A syllogism in which the proof of the major or minor premise, or both, is introduced with the premises themselves, and the conclusion is derived in the ordinary manner.] |
| appositionnoun | (grammar) A construction in which one noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, both of them having the same syntactic function in the sentence. |
| apagogenoun | (logic) An indirect argument which proves a thing by showing the impossibility or absurdity of the contrary. |
| apologuenoun | A short story with a moral, often involving talking animals or objects; a fable. |
| appositionoun | (rhetoric) Addition of an element not syntactically required for purpose of description or explanation. |
| anacoenosisnoun | (rhetoric) A rhetorical device by which a speaker appeals to their hearers or opponents for their opinion on the point or matter in debate. |
| alogismnoun | Irrationality; the rejection of logical thinking as a means of approaching truth. |
| epichiremanoun | (rhetoric, logic) A syllogism in which the proof of the major or minor premise, or both, is introduced with the premises themselves, and the conclusion is derived in the ordinary manner. |
| aparithmesisnoun | (rhetoric) The enumeration of parts or particulars. |
| paromologynoun | Alternative form of paromologia. [(rhetoric) Concession to an adversary in order to strengthen one's own argument.] |
| addubitationnoun | (rhetoric) aporia |
| petitio principiinoun | (philosophy, logic, uncountable) The logical fallacy of begging the question (i.e., "assuming the conclusion"). |
| pseudo-argumentnoun | Alternative form of pseudoargument. [fallacious argument, incorrect argument] |
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