The Appeal to Authority (Argumentum ad Verecundiam)

idea

GenRank Score

75.3

A logical fallacy where an argument relies on the opinion of an authority figure in a field outside their expertise, or when the authority is disputed or biased.

Also Known As

The Appeal to Authority (Argumentum ad Verecundiam)Appeal to AuthorityArgumentum ad VerecundiamAd Authority (Argumentum ad verecundiam)Ad AuthorityArgumentum ad verecundiamAppeal to authority (argumentum ad verecundiam)Appeal to authorityargumentum ad verecundiamAppeal to Authority (Argument from Authority)Argument from AuthorityAppeal to Authority (false authority)false authorityArgument from Authority (Appeal to Authority)Appeal to authority (inappropriate)Appeal to Authority (Ad Verecundiam)

1 question•1 category

Logical fallacies people use in every argument that sound smart but are completely wrong Philosophy & Ethics

Score

75.3

Rank

Score History

Loading score data...

Average Rank

#3.8

Median

Range

#1–#9

Consistency

★☆☆σ=2.8

🏆Top 3 in 9/13 models

🎯Top 5 in 12/13 models

Rankings by Model

Claude Haiku 4.5 #1Claude Sonnet 4.5 #1Gemini 2.0 Flash #1Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite #1GPT-5.2 #1gpt-oss-120b #1GPT-5 Mini #2GPT-4o-mini #3Grok 4.1 Fast #3DeepSeek V3 0324 #4GLM 4.7 #4Llama 4 Maverick #4MiniMax M2 #9