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verb
An appeal to suspend rational consideration of an issue owing to its presumptive negative effects on the young and impressionable; usually in ironic or mocking parody of another's argumentum ad passiones or moral panic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: imperative, usually
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
A sincere plea to consider the young.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: imperative, usually
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Synonyms: none provided
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History
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