argumentum ad baculum

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin for "argument to the cudgel".

Noun

argumentum ad baculum

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

Synonyms

• appeal to force

Translations

use or threat of force to coerce acceptance of an argument

• Tagalog: katwirang umaantig sa lakas
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