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ad feminam

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[ad fem-uh-nam, -nuhm, ahd] / æd ˈfɛm əˌnæm, -nəm, ɑd /

adjective

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

Etymology

Origin of ad feminam

< Latin: literally, to the woman

Example Sentences

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Argumentum ad feminam, as we said in old Rome and ancient Greece in the consulship of Diplodocus and Ichthyosauros.

From Ulysses by Joyce, James

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