reductio ad Hitlerum
English edit
Etymology edit
Coined by Leo Strauss in 1951, from reductio ad absurdum.
Noun edit
reductio ad Hitlerum (uncountable)
- The (fallacious) conclusion that the fact that Adolf Hitler had a particular idea or quality is sufficient proof that the idea is wrong or the property is bad.
- 2018, Carl Miller, chapter 7, in The Death of the Gods […] , William Heinemann, →ISBN:
- Just on Twitter alone, there were too many arguments, too many reductio ad Hitlerums for me to handle alone.