ad feminam
[ ad fem-uh-nam, -nuhm, ahd ]
adjective
appealing to one's personal considerations or feelings about women, especially one's prejudices against them.
Origin of ad feminam
1<Latin: literally, to the woman
- Compare ad hominem.
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How to use ad feminam in a sentence
Perhaps few of them suspected the argumentum ad hominem--or rather ad feminam--in Woodhull's speech.
The Covered Wagon | Emerson Hough
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