ad fem·i·nam [ad fem-uh-nam, -nuh
m, ahd] Pronunciation Key
m, ahd] Pronunciation Key –adjective
| appealing to one's personal considerations or feelings about women, esp. one's prejudices against them. Compare ad hominem. |
[Origin: < L: lit., to the woman
]
] | Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006. |
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adj. Appealing to irrelevant personal considerations concerning women, especially prejudices against them. See Usage Note at ad hominem. [Latin ad, to + fēminam, accusative of fēmina, woman.] ad fem'i·nam' adv. |
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