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Reductio ad absurdum

noun

Definitions

1.nounThe method of proving a statement by assuming the statement is false and, with that assumption, arriving at a blatant contradiction.

Synonyms

apagoge proof by contradiction reduction to the absurd reductio ad hitlerum destructive sorites logicism reduction axiomatization redex analysis infinite descent deduction

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