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ad fem⋅i⋅nam

[ad fem-uh-nam, -nuhm, ahd]
–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
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ad fem·i·nam   (ād fěm'ĭ-nām', -nəm)   
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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