English Explanatory Dictionary

argumentum ad Lazarum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An appeal to poverty; the logical fallacy of thinking a conclusion is correct because the speaker is poor.

Word forms

argumentum ad Lazarum argumenta ad Lazarum

Etymology

Latin Named after Lazarus, a beggar in the New Testament who receives his reward in the afterlife.

Antonyms

argumentum ad crumenam
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