argumentum ad consequentiam

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin [Term?]

Noun

argumentum ad consequentiam

  1. (rhetoric) A logical fallacy in which a statement is determined to be true or false based on whether it would be pleasant or desirable, rather than based on reality.
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