Complete Definition of "argumentum ad populum"

English

Etymology
From Latin argumentum ad populum ("appeal to the people").

Noun
argumentum ad populum

  1. logic A fallacious argument that concludes a proposition to be true because many or all people believe it; it alleges that "If many believe so, it is so."
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