Fallacy of claiming the majority is always correct
"Appeal to the people" redirects here. For the Japanese communist document, see Appeal to the People.
"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 which is based on claiming a truth or affirming something is good or correct because many people think so.[2]