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appeal to flattery

fallacy in which a person uses flattery, excessive compliments, in an attempt to win support for their side
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appeal to flattery

Summary

appeal to flattery ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • appeal to flattery's subclass of is recorded as appeal to emotion[2].
  • appeal to flattery's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01g2m8[3].
  • appeal to flattery's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/12240qhn[4].

Why It Matters

appeal to flattery ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[5] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[6]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). appeal to flattery. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/appeal-to-flattery
MLA “appeal to flattery.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/appeal-to-flattery.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_appeal-to-flattery_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{appeal to flattery}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/appeal-to-flattery}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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