to appeal
10
5.0
- verb
- /əˈpil/
:
apelar a
- The lawyer decided to appeal to the court for a reconsideration of the verdict.
- appeal to authority
- appeal to reason
Foucault's point is that power is never neutral in the norms that it appeals to.
- Foucault's point is that power is never neutral in the norms that it appeals to.
- John Rawls appeals to our notions of fairness and and Robert Nozick's discussion of the notion of liberty.
- Or one can provide an appeal account that makes appeal, as religious ethics does, to the notion of divine mandate.
- The argument that Hobbes makes appeals to the notion of the prisoner's dilemma, which is a paradox of of rationality.
- So you could appeal to that presidents and say, well, they're doing it over there, you know, can we not do it in in Little England?
Examples
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To explain such behavior, U.S. officials and commentators typically appeal to psychology.
Academic text (2011) -
By now, Bolivia was in a bad way, and she appealed to the League under Article 15 of the Covenant.
Academic text (1995) -
The most obvious excuse is to appeal to the division of labor.
Academic text (1990) -
I tried to appeal to his patriotic spirit.
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To prove this, we appeal to the method of moments, first introduced by Pearson.
Academic text (2012) -
Colonel Lawson is once more trying to appeal to the emotion of the court.
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The report appealed to a 1957 World Health Organization document that differentiated habituation from addiction.
Academic text (2011) -
The purpose of humor isn't to make someone giggle but to appeal to man's conscience.
Academic text (1995) -
Humanism rejects fear-mongering that bypasses our critical faculties and appeals directly to our emotions.
Academic text (2001) -
She will appeal to the principles of justice in her argument during the debate.
Synonyms
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6.7
Use a law or rule to support a claim
Antonyms
Compounds
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3.5
Attractive to other people in a way that makes them want to be physically close
How Strongly
Surface Forms
Etymology
Appeal comes from the Latin appellare, 'to call to' an authority or idea. To appeal to a law or principle is to 'call' on that rule for support in your argument.