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An ignoratio elenchi more flagrant—a mistaking of the question more palpable—it is surely not possible to conceive.

From A Theodicy, or, Vindication of the Divine Glory by Bledsoe, Albert Taylor

His whole paper is an ignoratio elenchi, and he doesn't touch a single one of my positions.

From The Letters of William James, Vol. II by James, William

Throw the ignoratio elenchi in his teeth, and, at once, you have him annihilated.

From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4 by Poe, Edgar Allan

If, indeed, an opponent challenges the truth of the conclusion, and you adduce premisses necessarily containing it as a refutation, that is an ignoratio elenchi unless your opponent admits those premisses.

From Logic, Inductive and Deductive by Minto, William

Mr. Mill concludes this chapter with another instance of that ignoratio elenchi which has been so abundantly manifested throughout his previous criticisms.

From The Philosophy of the Conditioned by Mansel, Henry Longueville