English Dictionary

argumentum ad populum

/aɹ.ɡuːˈmen.tum ad ˈpo.pu.lum/

noun

(rhetoric) A fallacious argument that concludes a proposition to be true because many or all people believe it; it alleges that “if many believe so, it is so”.

The politician's use of argumentum ad populum was an attempt to sway public opinion.

意味（1）

(rhetoric) A fallacious argument that concludes a proposition to be true because many or all people believe it; it alleges that “if many believe so, it is so”.

The appeals to the public were also expressed differently: that is to say, much less by fallacious argumenta ad populum that played on the fears of the addressees, than by an appeal to rational insights, humanity and democracy.