argumentum ad baculum
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from Latin argūmentum ad baculum (literally “argument to the cudgel”).
Noun[edit]
- (rhetoric) The use or threat of force to coerce acceptance of an argument.
- Synonym: appeal to force
Translations[edit]
use or threat of force to coerce acceptance of an argument
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