argumentum ad hominem

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin. === Noun === argumentum ad hominem (plural argumenta ad hominem or argumentums ad hominem) (rhetoric) A type of fallacious argument in which the attempt is made to refute a theory or belief by discrediting the person(s) who advocate that theory or belief; an ad hominem argument. ==== Synonyms ==== ad hominem, ad hominem argument ==== Translations ==== === See also === tu quoque two wrongs don't make a right