ELENCTIC

Etymology

Adjective

elenctic (comparative more elenctic, superlative most elenctic)

Serving to refute, refutative, especially as part of a systematic interrogation; pertaining to rhetorical elenchus or cross-examination.

Source: Wiktionary


E*lenc"tic, E*lenc"tic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. (Logic)

Definition: Serving to refute; refutative; -- applied to indirect modes of proof, and opposed to deictic.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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