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| **Note:** the Latin word "homo" (with accusative singular "hominem") //also// means "man", but it can equally be translated as "human being" or – especially in this context – as "person". As it is used here, it does //not// imply the gender of the person being attacked (for more on this, see <span maniculus "see:">[[knowledge:etymological_fallacy|Etymological fallacy]]</span>). | **Note:** the Latin word "homo" (with accusative singular "hominem") //also// means "man", but it can equally be translated as "human being" or – especially in this context – as "person". As it is used here, it does //not// imply the gender of the person being attacked (for more on this, see <span maniculus "see:">[[ambiguity:etymological_fallacy|Etymological fallacy]]</span>). |
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| For situations in which the gender of the person being attacked is relevant to the analysis of the argument, the more specific terms "[[rhetoric:red_herrings:ad_hominem:ad_feminam|(Argumentum) ad Feminam]]" and "[[rhetoric:red_herrings:ad_hominem:ad_virum|(Argumentum) ad Virum]]" may be more appropriate. | For situations in which the gender of the person being attacked is relevant to the analysis of the argument, the more specific terms "[[rhetoric:red_herrings:ad_hominem:ad_feminam|(Argumentum) ad Feminam]]" and "[[rhetoric:red_herrings:ad_hominem:ad_virum|(Argumentum) ad Virum]]" may be more appropriate. |
