argumentum ad lapidem

English

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Appeal to the stone

Etymology

New Latin [Term?], from a fallacious argument between Dr. Samuel Johnson and James Boswell. See Wikipedia for more.

Noun

argumentum ad lapidem

The informal fallacy of dismissing an argument as untrue or absurd without explaining why.

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