argumentum

[ ahr-gyuh-men-tuh m ]

/ ˌɑr gyəˈmɛn təm /

Origin of argumentum

From Latin

Perhaps few of them suspected the argumentum ad hominem--or rather ad feminam--in Woodhull's speech.

The Covered Wagon |Emerson Hough
It was an argumentum ad hominem, and drawn from a popular faith.

Narrative And Miscellaneous Papers |Thomas De Quincey
It is an argumentum ad ignorantiam—take this explanation or be ignorant.

Man's Place in Nature and Other Essays |Thomas Henry Huxley
Little weight, however, can be attached to the argumentum ex silentio in this instance.

A History of Sanskrit Literature |Arthur A. MacDonell

But it was the Argumentum ad hominem; and if my uncle Toby was not very expert at it, you may think, he might not care to use it.

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman |Laurence Sterne