argumentum ad populum

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ɑːɡjuːˈmɛntəm æd ˈpɒpjʊləm/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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”. rhetoric
    — The appeals to the public were also expressed differently: that is to say, much less by fallacious argumenta ad populum that played on the fears of the addressees, than by an appeal to rational insights, humanity and democracy.

词形变化

argumenta ad populum plural

词源

Latin: argūmentum (“argument”, “proof”) + ad (“to”, “toward”) + populum (accusative singular of populus, “people”, “nation”) ≈ “appeal to the people”
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