An ad hominem is an attack on the person instead of their argument. Resort to ad hominem.
It is a fallacy because a bad person can still be right about something. There is one honest use, since pointing out that somebody is paid by an interested party is relevant.
1nounad hominemAttacking the person instead of their argument.
“The whole letter was ad hominem from the second sentence.”
ad hominem is a fallacy.
Latin argumentum ad hominem means an argument directed at the person.
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Ellipsis of the Latin - expression argumentum ad hominem (“argument at the person”). It can also mean attacking the messenger.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA
Practised in Logic & Argument