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- Latin · borrowed fromargūmentum ad cōnsequentiam
- English todayargumentum ad consequentiam
Borrowed from Latin argūmentum ad cōnsequentiam.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
argumentum ad consequentiam
Today it means: A logical fallacy in which a statement is determined to be true or false based on whether it would be pleasant or desirable, rather than based on reality. Full definition →
Latin argūmentum ad cōnsequentiam