Appeal to ridicule (also called appeal to mockery, ad absurdo, or the horse laugh) is an informal fallacy which presents an opponent's argument as absurd...

[and] the ingenuity of his mind." In philosophical argument, the appeal to ridicule (also called appeal to mockery, ab absurdo, or the horse laugh) is an informal...

Look up ridicule in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Ridicule may refer to: A form of mockery Appeal to ridicule, an informal fallacy which presents an...

Riskee and the Ridicule (sometimes stylised as Riskee & the Ridicule) is a British grime punk band from Kent, England. Dawn of the Dog (2014) Blame Culture...

Ridicule (French pronunciation: [ʁidikyl]) is a 1996 French period drama film directed by Patrice Leconte and starring Charles Berling, Jean Rochefort...

Les Précieuses ridicules (French pronunciation: [le pʁesjøz ʁidikyl], The Absurd Précieuses or The Affected Ladies) is a one-act satire by Molière in...

The Force of Ridicule is a 1796 comedy play by the British writer Thomas Holcroft. The original Drury Lane cast included John Palmer, William Barrymore...

exemplifies the aggressive characteristics of his father. The episode "Ridicule" portrayed a man as a victim of gang rape by women for the first time on...

Miles 2001, p. 337: "They were ridiculed by the world's media". Anderson 2010, p. 83: "The bed-in stunt was ridiculed by the press". Harry 2000b, pp. 745–748...

Reproduced common objects, phrases and traditions are used to emphasize or ridicule Jewishness. This includes but is not limited to the complaining and guilt-inflicting...

Augustan literature, Shaftesbury's defence of ridicule was taken as an entitlement to scoff, and to use ridicule as a "test of truth". Clerical authors operated...

Archived from the original on 6 August 2018. Retrieved 5 August 2018. "Ridicule succeeds where leadership failed on AIDS". South African Institute of Race...

journey." It is paradoxical that tragedy stimulates the spirit of ridicule ... ridicule, I suppose, is an attitude of defiance; we must laugh in the face...

and These Are Special Times (1998). She is often the subject of media ridicule and parody and is frequently impersonated on shows such as MADtv, Saturday...

g., equivalent to 'rubbish' or 'stupid') to a light-hearted mockery or ridicule (e.g., equivalent to 'weak', 'unmanly', or 'lame'). The extent to which...

siege on the Isle of Ré, leaving the Duke as the object of widespread ridicule." Croft 2003, p. 129. Croft 2003, p. 146. Croft 2003, p. 67. Croft 2003...

preemptively presented to an audience, with the intention of discrediting or ridiculing something that the target person is about to say. Poisoning the well can...

be crucified. The soldiers place a crown of thorns on Jesus's head and ridicule him as the King of the Jews. They beat and taunt him before taking him...

ostensible soteriology. These aspects have become the subject of popular ridicule. From soon after their formation, Hubbard's groups have generated considerable...

copyrighted work have been sued for infringement by the targets of their ridicule, even though such use may be protected as fair use. These fair use cases...

from the Catholic Church. There was no violence and the local newspaper ridiculed Klansmen as "night-shirt knights". Half of the members were Swedish Americans...

express disbelief at what the other person is saying or doing, and/or to ridicule their opinions. This gesture is produced where the tips of all the fingers...

spelling bee in Trenton, New Jersey. He was the subject of widespread ridicule for his error. According to The New York Times and Quayle's memoirs, he...

particularly critics of the Warren Commission, by making them a target of ridicule. In his 2013 book Conspiracy Theory in America, the political scientist...

aspects. For a person with dwarfism, height discrimination can lead to ridicule in childhood and discrimination in adulthood. In the United Kingdom, United...

ad baculum Wishful thinking Emotion Children Fear Flattery Novelty Pity Ridicule In-group favoritism Invented here / Not invented here Island mentality...

critic of Gandhi and opponent of his long-term plans. Churchill often ridiculed Gandhi, saying in a widely reported 1931 speech: It is alarming and also...

banquets and copious consumption of alcohol, making him the target of ridicule on the rare occasions that he appeared in public; by 1797, his weight had...

non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of exposing or shaming the perceived flaws of individuals...

cross; some wore pig face masks or masks of figures whom they wished to ridicule, such as the Salafi jihadist leader Osama bin Laden. Others carried the...