argumentum ad populum

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Argumentum ad Populum (Latin)
Refers to a fallacy of logic in argument, specifically one of the Fallacies of Relevance. The debater using ad Populum uses an appeal to popularity.
Example:
"Most computer users use Windows, and you should too!"
Compare ad hominem, ad ignoratiam, ad misericordiam, ad bacculum, ad vericundiam.

argumentum ad misericordiam	ad hominem	argumentum ad baculum	The Fallacy of Composition
Hume's Law	Why strapping buttered toast to a cat's back will not produce infinite power	argumentum ad ignorantiam	Tricks of the Propagandist
argumentum ad crumenam	Proof by contradiction	fallacy	logic
kbd	Argument from Ignorance	sprawling, sprawling, sprawling	George Washington's 1791 State of the Union Address
rolling hitch	Parade rest	extranet	Ladybug
argumentum ad novitatem	EuroMillions	ad idea for Johnson & Johnson	The Fallacy of Division

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