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'''''{{lang|la|Ad nauseam}}''''' is a Latin term | '''''{{lang|la|Ad nauseam}}''''' is a Latin term to describe an argument or a discussion that has been extended to the figurative point of [[nausea]].<ref>{{cite book| title=Amo, Amas, Amat and More| url=https://archive.org/details/amoamasamatmore00ehrl| url-access=registration| first=Eugene| last=Ehrlich| year=1985| page=[https://archive.org/details/amoamasamatmore00ehrl/page/25 25]| publisher=Harper & Row, Publishers| location=New York}}</ref><ref>[http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ad%20nauseam "ad nauseam" definition] [[Dictionary.com]]</ref> For example, "this has been discussed ''{{lang|la|ad nauseam}}''" indicates that the topic has been discussed extensively and those involved have grown sick of it. The fallacy of dragging the conversation to an ''ad nauseam'' state in order to then assert one's position as correct due to it not having been contradicted is also called '''''{{lang|la|argumentum ad infinitum}}''''' ([[Ad infinitum|to infinity]]) and '''argument from repetition'''.<ref name="AHD">{{cite web|title=Ad nauseam|url=https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=ad%20nauseam|publisher=[[American Heritage Dictionary]]|access-date=21 July 2016}}</ref> | ||
The term is defined by the ''[[American Heritage Dictionary]]'' as "to a disgusting or ridiculous degree; to the point of nausea. | The term is defined by the ''[[American Heritage Dictionary]]'' as "to a disgusting or ridiculous degree; to the point of nausea".<ref name="AHD" /> Colloquially, it is sometimes used as "until nobody cares to discuss it any more". | ||
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The term is defined by the American Heritage Dictionary as "to a disgusting or ridiculous degree; to the point of nausea".[3] Colloquially, it is sometimes used as "until nobody cares to discuss it any more".
See also
- Ad libitum
- Big lie
- Carthago delenda est
- Filibuster
- Godwin's law
- Proof by assertion
- Sealioning
- Thought-terminating cliché
- List of Latin phrases
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- ↑ "ad nauseam" definition Dictionary.com
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