Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Noun: ignoratio elenchi  ,ig-nu'rey-shee,ow-i'leng-kI
  1. The logical fallacy of supposing that an argument proving an irrelevant point has proved the point at issue

Type of: logical fallacy

Encyclopedia: Ignoratio elenchi

Nearest

ignobly
ignominious
ignominiously
ignominiousness
ignominy
ignoramus
ignorance
ignorant
ignorantly
ignorantness
ignoratio elenchi
ignore
ignored
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky
Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky
Igor Sikorsky
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Tamm
Igor Yevgeneevich Tamm
iguana
Iguana iguana