When a claim is justified on the basis of the fact that the majority of people believe it, the arguer may be committing the fallacy of offering an argument.
A)ad absurdum
B)ad hominem
C)ad ignorantium
D)ad populum

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This is the fallacy of ad populum, also known as the appeal to popularity or the bandwagon fallacy. Just because a majority of people believe something to be true, it does not necessarily mean that it is true or that it is a good argument to justify a claim.

When a Claim Is Justified on the Basis of the Fact