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To: Petronski
In my Mac dictionary it says: ad hominem |ˈad ˈhämənəm| adverb & adjective 1 (of an argument or reaction) arising from or appealing to the emotions and not reason or logic. • attacking an opponent’s motives or character rather than the policy or position they maintain : vicious ad hominem attacks. 2 relating to or associated with a particular person : [as adv. ] the office was created ad hominem for Fenton. | [as adj. ] an ad hominem response. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: Latin, literally ‘to the person.’
43 posted on 08/16/2009 3:37:21 PM PDT by TheStickman
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To: TheStickman
Yep, that's the entirety of the Spotlight definition.

But that first definition is overly-broad because there are arguments that appeal to emotion which are not ad hominem.

44 posted on 08/16/2009 3:40:11 PM PDT by Petronski (In Germany they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist...)
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