argumentum ad baculum

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin argūmentum ad baculum (literally argument to the cudgel).

Noun

argumentum ad baculum

  1. (rhetoric) The use or threat of force to coerce acceptance of an argument.
    Synonym: appeal to force

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