Elenchus

noun

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounA technique of argument associated with Socrates wherein the arguer asks the interlocutor to agree with a series of premises and conclusions, ending with the arguer's intended point.

Synonyms

Socratic method socratic elench epicheirema epichirema paromologia anacoenosis anthypophora procatalepsis antanagoge anacoluthon parenesis

Rhymes With

tylenchus

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