ad feminam

[ ad fem-uh-nam, -nuh m, ahd ]

/ æd ˈfɛm əˌnæm, -nəm, ɑd /

adjective

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

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Nearby words

ad astra per aspera, ad captandum vulgus, ad damnum, ad eundem gradum, ad extremum, ad feminam, ad fin., ad gloriam, ad hoc, ad hockery, ad hominem

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Origin of ad feminam

< Latin: literally, to the woman

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