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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advocate
to give up possession or occupancy of.
to speak or write in favor of; support or urge by argument; recommend publicly.
to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
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Compare ad hominem.

Origin of ad feminam

< Latin: literally, to the woman

Words nearby ad feminam

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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