Ad hominem is the name of the rhetorical device and informal
fallacy that attacks the arguer instead of the arguer. In this
device, the ad hominem attacker attempts to dismiss the argument by
pointing out personal flaws or characteristics of the arguer.
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An ad hominem fallacy, sometimes called a "genetic fallacy" or
"to the person fallacy" or shorted to "ad hominem", is a kind of
logical fallacy.
This logical fallacy's definition is: attacking the person
rather than the statements the person made.
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An ad hominem fallacy, sometimes called a "genetic fallacy" or
"to the person fallacy" or shorted to "ad hominem", is a kind of
logical fallacy.
This logical fallacy's definition is: attacking the person
rather than the statements the person made.