Ad hominem

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Ad hominem, short for argumentum ad hominem ('argument directed at the person'), is a rhetorical tactic of attacking the character, motive, or some other attribute of the person making an argument rather than the substance of the argument itself.

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Image: Honoré Daumier (France, Marseilles, 1808-1879), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.