# argument from authority

> a form of defeasible argument in which a claimed authority's support is used as evidence for an argument's conclusion

**Wikidata**: [Q310669](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q310669)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/argument-from-authority


## References

1. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013