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appeal to ridicule

informal fallacy which presents an opponent's argument as absurd
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appeal to ridicule

Summary

appeal to ridicule ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (50 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • appeal to ridicule's subclass of is recorded as appeal to emotion[2].
  • appeal to ridicule's has use is recorded as ridiculous[3].
  • appeal to ridicule's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01j6pv[4].
  • appeal to ridicule's BabelNet ID is recorded as 01672609n[5].

Why It Matters

appeal to ridicule ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (50 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[6] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[7]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . BabelNet. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). appeal to ridicule. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/appeal-to-ridicule
MLA “appeal to ridicule.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/appeal-to-ridicule.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_appeal-to-ridicule_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{appeal to ridicule}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/appeal-to-ridicule}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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