ad feminam

[ ad fem-uh-nam, -nuhm, ahd ]

adjective

1. appealing to one's personal considerations or feelings about women, especially one's prejudices against them.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ad feminam¹

< Latin: literally, to the woman

Example Sentences

Perhaps few of them suspected the argumentum ad hominem--or rather ad feminam--in Woodhull's speech.

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