argumentum ad populum
Americannoun
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Instead he went for the argumentum ad populum:
From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 17, 2015
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
The implicit message with both was: argumentum ad populum.
From BBC • Jul. 9, 2011
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
Closely allied to argumentum ad hominem is another phase of ignoring the question called argumentum ad populum.
From Practical Argumentation by Pattee, George K.
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