Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reductio ad hitlerum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-duc-tio ad hitlerum
IPA

27

Scrabble Score

18

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An attempt to invalidate someone else's argument on the basis that the same idea was promoted or practiced by Adolf Hitler or the Nazi Party.

Example Sentences

"Just on Twitter alone, there were too many arguments, too many reductio ad Hitlerums for me to handle alone."

Etymology

Pseudo-Latinism. Coined by Leo Strauss in 1951, by analogy with reductio ad absurdum.

Inflected Forms

reductio ad Hitlerums (plural)

Phrases

Godwin's law play the Nazi card

Frequently Paired Words

Godwin's law play the Nazi card

Questions

What does reductio ad hitlerum mean?: An attempt to invalidate someone else's argument on the basis that the same idea was promoted or practiced by Adolf Hitler or the Nazi Party.
Where does reductio ad hitlerum come from?: Pseudo-Latinism. Coined by Leo Strauss in 1951, by analogy with reductio ad absurdum.

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