Fallacy
Ad Nauseam
Also known as: Repetition
- Category
- Fallacy
- Main group
- Informal Fallacy
- Subgroup
- Rhetorical Tactic
- Difficulty
- easy (1/3)
- Argumentation order
- 1. Argument
Description
A claim is repeated or an argument is continued "to the point of nausea."
Example
We want nothing to do with you!
We want nothing to do with you!
We want nothing to do with you!
- Limitations
Not every repetition aims at manipulation.
Invoking Ad Nauseam can also be used to get rid of an unwelcome topic by pointing out that it has been discussed often enough.
- See also
Truth Effect
Infinite Regress