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argumentum ad Lazarum

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

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noun

Meaning 1

An appeal to poverty; the logical fallacy of thinking a conclusion is correct because the speaker is poor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rare, rhetoric

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Etymology

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