Fallacy of claiming the majority is always correct
"Appeal to the people" redirects here. For the Japanese communist document, see
Appeal to the People.
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ad populum" redirects here. For the Catholic liturgical term, see
versus populum.
In argumentation theory, an argumentum ad populum (Latin for 'appeal to the people')[1] is a fallacious argument that asserts a claim is true, or good or correct because many people think so.[2]