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Ad nauseam is a Latin term for an argument or other discussion that has continued to the figurative point of nausea. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] For example, "this has been discussed ad nauseam " indicates that the topic has been discussed extensively and those involved have grown sick of it.
ad nauseam: to sickness: i.e., "to the point of disgust". Sometimes used as a humorous alternative to ad infinitum. An argumentum ad nauseam is a logical fallacy in which erroneous proof is proffered by prolonged repetition of the argument, i. e., the argument is repeated so many times that persons are "sick of it". ad oculos: to the eyes
"The sequence 1, 2, 3, ... continues ad infinitum." "The perimeter of a fractal may be iteratively drawn ad infinitum." The 17th-century writer Jonathan Swift incorporated the idea of self-similarity in the following lines from his satirical poem On Poetry: a Rhapsody (1733):
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... ad nauseam: "argumentum ad nauseam" or "argument from repetition" or "argumentum ad infinitum"
An argument which does not seem to have such a beginning becomes difficult to imagine. If it can be established, separately, that the chain must have a start, then a reductio ad infinitum is a valid refutation technique. reformatio in peius: change to worse: A decision from a court of appeal is amended to a worse one.
The proposition can sometimes be repeated until any challenges or opposition cease, letting the proponent assert it as fact, and solely due to a lack of challengers (argumentum ad nauseam). [2] In other cases, its repetition may be cited as evidence of its truth, in a variant of the appeal to authority or appeal to belief fallacies.
Persuasive definition – purporting to use the "true" or "commonly accepted" meaning of a term while, in reality, using an uncommon or altered definition. (cf. the if-by-whiskey fallacy) Ecological fallacy – inferring about the nature of an entity based solely upon aggregate statistics collected for the group to which that entity belongs.
At the time of writing, August 2013, Wikipedia contains around 3,100 instances of ad nauseam, and about 4,100 instances of ad nauseum. This seems like a good time to point out that the correct spelling of the Latin phrase is the one that is rarer in our project – ad nauseam. The literal meaning of the phrase is, "to [the point of] sickness".