单词 | ad crumenam |
释义 | ad crumenamadv.adj. With respect to or by means of monetary considerations; with (excessive) attention to financial interest. Also as adj.: relating to money, financial. Cf. crumenically adv. ΚΠ 1760 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy II. xii. 72 Then, added my father, making use of the argument Ad Crumenam,—I will lay twenty guineas to a single crown piece..that this same Stevinus was some engineer or other. 1855 N. W. Senior Jrnl. 15 Sept. in M. C. M. Simpson Many Memories of Many People (1898) ix. 263 They would be forced to preach ad crumenam. 1882 Brit. Jrnl. Photogr. 24 Feb. 105/1 Perhaps I may be allowed to say a few words on this vexed question from the ad crumenam or purse point of view. 1991 J. M. Robson in R. J. Helmstadter & B. Lightman Victorian Faith in Crisis iii. 110 The argument,..in ignoring the mission to the Gentiles, largely avoids the appeal to personal interest (ad crumenam) and to threats (ad baculum). 2001 J. Jasinski Sourcebk. on Rhetoric 244/1 The ad crumenam strategy enters the realm of fallacy when an advocate argues, for example, that the military base in his or her district cannot be closed because closing the base would damage the local economy. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.adj.1760 |
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