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Hah, and this is one of the few, few times that I've seen someone online correctly saying that an argument was ad hominem.

Can someone who knows Latin give me a name for the logical fallacy of incorrectly dismissing an argument as ad hominem?



Not so specific, but fecious reasoning is a broad spectrum disorder that might be applicable...


From a quick dictionary lookup, "fecious" doesn't seem to be a word. Do you mean "specious?"


-ous: adjective forming suffix meaning "full of"

feces: sh*t

fecious: [I'll leave this as an exercise for the class]


I think it's slang. I found a definition on an online dictionary with a less-than-stellar reputation (they have a poor Web of Trust score). They defined it as meaning "suspicious and feces-ridden". Heh.


Fecious?


Whatever the latin for being wrong while trying to appeal to authority and intimidate someone would be.

If you want to coin it, seems like you can!




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