English Explanatory Dictionary

think of the children

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. An appeal to suspend rational consideration of an issue owing to its presumptive negative effects on the young and impressionable; usually in ironic or mocking parody of another's argumentum ad passiones or moral panic.
  2. A sincere plea to consider the young.

Pronunciation

en-au-think of the children.ogg

Word forms

think of the children thinks of the children thinking of the children thought of the children won't someone think of the children what about the children

Related words

adhortatio argumentum ad passiones deesis logical fallacy special pleading pas devant les enfants
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