Argumentum ad baculum

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The use or threat of force to coerce acceptance of an argument. rhetoric

Synonyms

All synonyms
claptrapfallacyhysteron proteronmoonshinenon sequiturparalogism

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin argūmentum ad baculum (literally “argument to the cudgel”).

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