Phrase guide

argumentum ad fidem

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • General-American: /ɑɹ.ɡjuˈmɛn.təm æd ˈfɪ.dɛm/
  • /-tum-/ emulating Classical Latin
  • /-ˈfi.dɛm/
  • Received-Pronunciation: ärgyo͞omĕnʹtəm ăd fĭʹdĕm
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɑːɡjuːˈmɛntəm æd ˈfɪdɛm/
  • /-ɡuː-/ emulating Classical Latin
  • /-ˈfi.dɛm/ emulating Classical Latin

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noun

Meaning 1

A fallacious argument that asserts the truth of a proposition by an appeal to pious testimony or religious revelation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rhetoric

Examples

  • For quotations using this term, see Citations:argumentum ad fidem.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Latin: argūmentum (“argument”, “proof”) + ad (“to”, “toward”) + fidem (accusative singular of fidēs, “faith”, “belief”) ≈ “appeal to faith”