Appeal to Tradition - Definition and Examples
Definition argumentum ad antiquitatem or Appeal to Tradition - Believing something is right just because it’s been done around for a really long time.
other names
Appeal to Antiquity Appeal to Common Practice An appeal to tradition essentially makes two assumptions that are not necessarily true:
The old way of thinking was proven correct when introduced, i.e. since the old way of thinking was prevalent, it was necessarily correct.
In reality, this may be false—the tradition might be entirely based on incorrect grounds.