IGNORATIO ELENCHI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ignoratio elenchi mean? 

• IGNORATIO ELENCHI (noun)
  The noun IGNORATIO ELENCHI has 1 sense:

1. the logical fallacy of supposing that an argument proving an irrelevant point has proved the point at issue

  Familiarity information: IGNORATIO ELENCHI used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IGNORATIO ELENCHI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The logical fallacy of supposing that an argument proving an irrelevant point has proved the point at issue

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("ignoratio elenchi" is a kind of...):

logical fallacy (a fallacy in logical argumentation)