argumentum

[ ahr-gyuh-men-tuhm ]

noun

, plural ar·gu·men·ta [ahr-gy, uh, -, men, -t, uh].

1. argument ( def 3 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of argumentum¹

From Latin

Example Sentences

It was a masterful bit of hypocritical eloquence, of argumentum ad hominem; but it was made to simple and illiterate hearers.

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It was not to this, however, that he directed his objection: the argumentum ad hominem came more easily to him.

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But it was the Argumentum ad hominem; and if my uncle Toby was not very expert at it, you may think, he might not care to use it.

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In a case like this the argumentum ad hominem, though a perfectly fair one, is a perfectly useless one.

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It is incomprehensible; or, as St. Paul says, the argumentum non apparentium.

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