ad hominem

• POS: Adjective, Adverb
• HYPHEN: ad ho=mi=nem

CIDE DICTIONARY

ad hominem,  [L., to the man.].

 A phrase applied to an appeal or argument addressed to the principles, interests, or passions of a man.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

ad hominem, adv. & adj.
1 relating to or associated with a particular person.
2 (of an argument) appealing to the emotions and not to reason.

Etymology

L, = to the person

ROGET THESAURUS

ad hominem

Speciality

N speciality, specialite, individuality, individuity, particularity, peculiarity, idiocrasy, personality, characteristic, mannerism, idiosyncrasy, specificness, singularity, reading, version, lection, state, trait, distinctive feature, technicality, differentia, particulars, details, items, counts, minutiae, I, self, I myself, myself, himself, herself, itself, special, particular, individual, specific, proper, personal, original, private, respective, definite, determinate, especial, certain, esoteric, endemic, partial, party, peculiar, appropriate, several, characteristic, diagnostic, exclusive, singular, idiomatic, idiotypical, typical, this, that, yon, yonder, specially, especially, particularly, in particular, in propria persona, ad hominem, for my part, each, apiece, one by one, one at a time, severally, respectively, each to each, seriatim, in detail, in great detail, in excruciating detail, in mind-numbing detail, bit by bit, pro hac vice, pro re nata, namely, that is to say, for example, id est, exemplia gratia, e, g, i, e, videlicet, viz, to wit, le style est l'homme meme.