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- Latin · borrowed fromignōrātiō elenchī“ignorance of the refutation”
- English todayignoratio elenchi
From Latin ignōrātiō elenchī (“ignorance of the refutation”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
ignoratio elenchi
Today it means: The fallacy of presenting an argument that may or may not be logically valid, but fails to address the issue in question. Full definition →
Latin ignōrātiō elenchī