ad ignorantiam

adverb (or adjective)
ad ig·​no·​ran·​ti·​am | \ ¦ad-ˌig-nə-ˈran-shē-ˌam\

Definition of ad ignorantiam

: by use of unanswerable challenge to disprove rather than by serious attempt to prove an ad ignorantiam argument

First Known Use of ad ignorantiam

1758, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for ad ignorantiam

Latin, to ignorance

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