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noun
A type of fallacious argument in which the attempt is made to refute a theory or belief by discrediting the person(s) who advocate that theory or belief; an ad hominem argument.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rhetoric
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History
Borrowed from Latin.
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