Definition of Ad captandum. Meaning of Ad captandum. Synonyms of Ad captandum

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Definition of Ad captandum

Ad captandum
Ad captandum Ad cap*tan"dum [L., for catching.] A phrase used adjectively sometimes of meretricious attempts to catch or win popular favor.

Meaning of Ad captandum from wikipedia

- In rhetoric, an argumentum ad captandum, "for capturing" the gullibility of the naïve among the listeners or readers, is an unsound, specious argument...
- Retrieved 5 August 2024. Potter, David S. (2014). The Roman Empire at Bay, AD 180–395. Routledge. p. 77. ISBN 9781134694778. An explanation of Livy's usage...
- used in running prose. Potter, David S. (2014). The Roman Empire at Bay, AD 180–395. Routledge. p. 77. ISBN 9781134694778. An explanation of Livy's usage...
- purus A****enus Acyutananda Ad captandum Ad feminam Ad hoc Ad hoc hypothesis Ad hominem Ad hominem argument Ad infinitum Ad nauseam Ada Albrecht Adalbertus...
- purpose. I looked at his boots and knew the last statement to be merely ad captandum and with intent to mollify." (From Ego [1], Page 91.) Agate's style in...
- executive power; and he falls into the too common mistake of supposing that ad captandum p****ages of colour will suffice for these deficiencies.” Around 1890...