reductio ad Hitlerum

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Etymology edit

Coined by Leo Strauss in 1951, from reductio ad absurdum.

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reductio ad Hitlerum (uncountable)

  1. 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.

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