Etymology

argumentum ad Lazarum

Today it means: An appeal to poverty; the logical fallacy of thinking a conclusion is correct because the speaker is poor. Full definition →

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Latin Named after Lazarus, a beggar in the New Testament who receives his reward in the afterlife.

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