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(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”.

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argumentum ad populum

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argumentum ad populum

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/aɹ.ɡuːˈmen.tum ad ˈpo.pu.lum/

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rhetoric

(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”.

Japanese Meaning

多数派の意見を根拠に、ある命題が真であると結論づける論理的誤謬。 / 多くの人が信じているという理由だけで、その主張の正当性を主張する誤った議論

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彼女は相手が多数派への訴えに頼っていると非難し、広く信じられているというだけで政策が正しいとは限らないと指摘した。

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(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”.

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.

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argumenta ad populum

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