appeal to fear

Summary

appeal to fear is a fallacy^[1]. It draws 43 Wikipedia views per month (fallacy category, ranking #7 of 14).^[2]

Key Facts

• appeal to fear's instance of is recorded as fallacy^[3].
• appeal to fear's subclass of is recorded as appeal to emotion^[4].
• appeal to fear's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01g2kc^[5].
• appeal to fear's facet of is recorded as fear appeal^[6].
• appeal to fear's used by is recorded as marketing^[7].
• appeal to fear's used by is recorded as politics^[8].
• appeal to fear's used by is recorded as communications media^[9].
• appeal to fear's used by is recorded as social policy^[10].
• appeal to fear's has characteristic is recorded as monotonic function^[11].
• appeal to fear's has goal is recorded as persuasion^[12].
• appeal to fear's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 122986550^[13].
• appeal to fear's TV Tropes ID is recorded as Main/AppealToFear^[14].

Why It Matters

appeal to fear draws 43 Wikipedia views per month (fallacy category, ranking #7 of 14).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[15] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[16]