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It’s like having a grade-school argument, but the stakes are a lot higher. 11 Phrases That Emotionally Immature People Often Say, According to Mental Health Experts Skip to main content
No Comebacks is a 1982 collection of ten short stories by English writer Frederick Forsyth. Each story takes place in a different setting and ends with a plot twist. Several of them involve a central male character without any apparent strength who is put under pressure, but who does not give in.
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This is a rhetorical tactic that mocks an opponent's argument or position, attempting to inspire a strong emotional reaction (making it a type of appeal to emotion) in the audience and to highlight any counter-intuitive aspects of that argument, making it appear foolish and contrary to common sense.
Ad personam and ad hominem are distinct. The former is a personal attack, unrelated to the subject matter of the debate, which aims to discredit the person of the opponent regardless of his arguments; the latter focuses on the argumentation, reasoning or behavior of the opponent in relation to the subject matter of the debate, rather than directly on the subject matter of the debate itself.
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An entertainer may make a comeback after having been absent from their area of entertainment for a time. In South Korea, Comeback (K-pop), talent agencies stage-manage the debut of new acts in order to create anticipation for the new act, which will often officially debut live on one of the main television music programs with a "debut stage".