Meaning

1 senses

  1. Appeal to authority, argument from authority.

Origin

Shortened from Latin argumentum ad verecundiam (“argument to modesty”).

Shortened from Latin argumentum ad verecundiam (“argument to modesty”).

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Forms

plural: ad verecundiams
Singularad verecundiam
Pluralad verecundiams

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
a fallacious objection:appeal to authority
credentialismgroupthinkipse dixit

Word family

1 related words
Relatedad hominem

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
acuteB2acutelyC1adB1adageadamantadamantly

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