argumentum ad populum
Americannoun
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Instead he went for the argumentum ad populum:
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 17, 2015
The implicit message with both was: argumentum ad populum.
From BBC • Jul. 9, 2011
There is no doubt that the original Harry Potter fad benefited from the argumentum ad populum phenomena: children are even more prone to it than adults.
From BBC • Jul. 9, 2011
May he by use of the argumentum ad populum, by his eloquence and skill, win a case which he does not believe in at heart?
From Problems of Conduct by Drake, Durant
Similarly with the argumentum ad populum: 'this measure is favourable to such or such a class; let them vote for it.'
From Logic Deductive and Inductive by Read, Carveth
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