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English noun: reductio | |||
| 1. | reductio (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 | ||
| Synonyms | reductio ad absurdum | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | disproof, falsification, refutation | ||
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