Usually means: Misdirection from the argument's point.
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  1. ignoratio elenchi: Merriam-Webster
  2. ignoratio elenchi: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ignoratio elenchi: Collins English Dictionary
  4. ignoratio elenchi: Vocabulary.com
  5. ignoratio elenchi: Wiktionary
  6. ignoratio elenchi: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. ignoratio elenchi: Dictionary.com
  8. Ignoratio elenchi: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. ignoratio elenchi: Rhymezone
  10. ignoratio elenchi: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  11. ignoratio elenchi: FreeDictionary.org
  12. ignoratio elenchi: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. ignoratio elenchi: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. ignoratio elenchi: Dictionary of Philosophical Terms and Names

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  1. FOLDOP - Free On Line Dictionary Of Philosophy (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (ignoratio elenchi)

noun:  The fallacy of presenting an argument that may or may not be logically valid, but fails to address the issue in question.

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