apagoge

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Noun

apagoge

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

Synonyms

• reductio ad absurdum

Translations

• French: apagogie
• Portuguese: apagoge, apagogia

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