personal attack

English

Noun

personal attack (plural personal attacks)

1. An abusive remark about a person, without supporting evidence.
   • 1989, Douglas N. Walton, Informal Logic‎:

     Basically, it is a personal attack on an arguer that brings the individuals's personal circumstances, trustworthiness, or character into question.

Derived terms

• personal attacker
• personally attack

Translations

making an abusive remark

Chinese: Mandarin: 人身攻擊 / 人身攻击 (zh) (rénshēn gōngjī) Finnish: henkilökohtainen hyökkäys Korean: 인신공격(人身攻擊) (ko) (insin'gonggyeok) Swedish: personangrepp (sv) n

See also

• insult
• offense
• swearword