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English noun: reductio ad absurdum

1. reductio ad absurdum (cognition) (reduction to the absurd) a disproof by showing that the consequences of the proposition are absurd; or a proof of a proposition by showing that its negation leads to a contradiction


Synonymsreductio


Broader (hypernym)disproof, falsification, refutation









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