APAGOGE

apagoge (countable and uncountable, plural apagoges)

(logic) An indirect argument which proves a thing by showing the impossibility or absurdity of the contrary.

• reductio ad absurdum

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Ap`a*go"ge, n. Etym: [Gr. (Logic)

Definition: An indirect argument which proves a thing by showing the impossibility or absurdity of the contrary.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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